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Last update: Jan 3\/24<\/div>\r\n

<\/a>Access codes\/assessment platforms<\/h1>\r\nNine new lawsuits target 'Inclusive Access' textbook programs, alleging antitrust violations<\/a> - May 21, 2020 (EdSurge)\r\n\r\nReport: College online access codes are a \"bad deal;\" publishers say digital options cut costs<\/a> - February 27, 2020 (News wpxi.com)\r\n\r\nCollege students' latest headache? Digital access fees on top of rising textbook prices<\/a> - September 13, 2019 (Chicago Sun Times)\r\n

Another big move hits higher-ed publishing, as Wiley buys Knewton<\/a> - May 6, 2019 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)<\/p>\r\nWould a new program for textbook access codes really help UNC students?<\/a> - April 3, 2019 (The Daily Tar Heel)\r\n\r\nThe true cost of inclusive access<\/a> - February 5, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nAccess denied<\/a> - September 21, 2016 (Student PIRGSs)\r\n\r\nSome college students are angry they have to pay to do their homework<\/a> - August 26, 2016 (Buzz Feed News)\r\n

<\/a>Accessibility<\/h1>\r\nThe digital courseware accessibility problem<\/a> - December 2, 2019 (Insider Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nFederal Court rules in favor of blind students<\/a> - August 21, 2019 (National Federation of the Blind)\r\n

<\/a>Adoption<\/h1>\r\nDonation to UTSA Libraries to fund free textbook program<\/a> - May 21, 2021 (UTSA Today)\r\n\r\nFaculty awareness of OER has increased for 5 years straight, yet adoption is flat<\/a> - March19, 2021 (Campus Technology)\r\n\r\nAwareness of open educational resources grows, but adoption doesn't<\/a> - March 18, 2021 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nMore than half of all U.S. colleges and universities using OpenStax textbooks<\/a> - September 11, 2019 (Campus Technology)\r\n

<\/a>Advocacy<\/h1>\r\nSustaining Values and Scholarship: A Statement by the Provosts of the Big Ten Academic Alliance<\/a> - June 10, 2019 (Big Ten Academic Alliance)\r\n

AI and copyright<\/h1>\r\nCopyright office issues opinion letter on copyright in AI-generated images<\/a> - March 8, 2023 (Authors Alliance)\r\n\r\nCopyright office launches new artificial intelligence initiative<\/a> - March 16, 2023 (NewsNet Issue No. 1004)\r\n

<\/a>Booksellers\/bookstores<\/h1>\r\nMarch budget madness<\/a> - March 21, 2019 (Eugene Weekly)\r\n\r\nCollege stores adapt to change<\/a> - February 15, 2019 (Publishers Weekly)\r\n\r\nThe true cost of inclusive access<\/a> - February 5, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nA Barnes and Nobles Experience<\/a> - December 10, 2018 (Open Oregon)\r\n

<\/a>Copyright<\/h1>\r\nTraditional Knowledge and the Commons: The open movement, listening, and learning<\/a> - September 18, 2018 (Creative Commons, by Mehtab Khan)\r\n

<\/a>Courses<\/h1>\r\nAlso see Partnerships<\/strong>.<\/em>\r\n

<\/a>Creative Commons licences<\/h1>\r\n

ACHE, ACCS to provide educators grants to get Creative Commons Certificate training<\/a> - March 15, 2021 (Alabama Political Reporter)<\/p>\r\nAnnouncing the CC catalog API, version 1.0<\/a> - March 16, 2020 (Creative Commons)\r\n\r\nU.S. appellate court enforces CC's interpretation of NonCommercial<\/a> - January 7 2020 (Creative Commons)\r\n\r\nOur 4.0 license suite is now available in simplified and traditional Chinese<\/a> - January 2, 2020 (Creative Commons)\r\n\r\nCreative Commons license doesn't bind commercial printers, Ninth Circuit rules<\/a> - December 27, 2019 (Law.com\/The Recorder)\r\n\r\nTraditional Knowledge and the Commons: The open movement, listening, and learning<\/a> - September 18, 2018 (Creative Commons, by Mehtab Khan)\r\n\r\nUpdate on Great Minds v FedEx Office litigation involving BY-NC-SA<\/a> - February 24, 2017 (Creative Commons)\r\n\r\nDefending noncommercial uses: Great Minds v Fedex Office<\/a> - August 30, 2016 (Creative Commons)\r\n

<\/a>Debt<\/h1>\r\nNew university data show decrease in student loan debt as enrollment spikes<\/a> - May 27, 2021 (New Texas Daily)\r\n\r\nDivorce? Marry off your kid? As financial aid confusion grows, parents consider drastic measures<\/a> - November 22, 2019 (Marion Star)\r\n\r\nThe latest victims of the student debt crisis - parents<\/a> - May 11, 2019 (CNBC)\r\n

More parents struggle to repay loans they borrowed for their children\u2019s education<\/a> - December 11, 2018 (CNBC)<\/p>\r\nStudent debt - Part 3 of 3: Current Pioneer Valley students prepare for payments after graduation<\/a> - November 25, 2015 (Daily Hampshire Gazette)\r\n

<\/a>Efficacy\/student outcomes<\/h1>\r\nSAC scores assess department data to measure scholastic achievement<\/a> - March 29, 2019 (The Ranger)\r\n

<\/a>Equity, diversity, inclusion (EDI)<\/h1>\r\nLumen Learning User Texting Center to examine equity in OER solutions<\/a> - November 23, 2021 (Campus Technology)\r\n\r\nEquity inspires 66 colleges to expand the reach of open educational resources<\/a> - September 1, 2021(University Business)\r\n\r\nWe believe textbooks should be diverse and inclusive. Here's what we're doing about it<\/a> - October 4, 2019 (OpenStax)\r\n

<\/a>Funding<\/h1>\r\nCalifornia Governor Signs Bill on College Access<\/a> - July 29, 2021 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nCalifornia Governor Makes Push for Open Educational Resources<\/a> - May 28, 2021 (EdWeek Market Brief)\r\n\r\nCongress to renew open textbook pilot grant program with $7 million appropriation<\/a> - December 17, 2019 (SPARC)\r\n

<\/a>General<\/h1>\r\nCourse Hero quietly took over hosting Lumen's OER content. They say it's no big deal<\/a> - July 11, 2022 (EdSurge)\r\n\r\nASMSU approves climate, sustainability and OER bills among 14 going to GA<\/a> - December 10, 2020 (The State News)\r\n\r\nPandemic brings increased attention to Open Access Week<\/a> - October 19, 2020 (WSU Insider)\r\n

Open Textbook Network to Change Name to \u2018Open Education Network\u2019<\/a> - July 23, 2020 (Open Education Network blog)<\/p>\r\nNEH announces new fellowships open book awards<\/a> - June 15, 2020 (National Endowment for the Humanities)\r\n\r\nThe global health crisis is crystalizing the need for policies that support universal access to learning resources<\/a> - April 4, 2020 (Agenparl)\r\n

Bassel Khartabil Fellowship Awarded to Tarek Loubani\u2014Using Open Access to Combat COVID-19<\/a> - April 2, 2020 (Creative Commons)<\/p>\r\nCan colleges launch data science programs fast enough?<\/a> - November 26, 2019 (EducationDive)\r\n\r\nOpen education ... is closed<\/a> - November 6, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nThe Open Education Conference falls apart, leaving a community of passionate OER supporters<\/a> - November 4, 2019 (IBL News)\r\n\r\nDatabase of 7 million syllabi pulls back the curtain on higher ed<\/a> - July 23, 2019 (EdScoop)\r\n\r\nTransforming energy education in the digital age<\/a> - July 8, 2019 (Forbes)\r\n\r\nCarnegie Melon announces release of toolkit to kickstart global revolution in educational effectiveness<\/a> - March 27, 2019 (CMU News)\r\n\r\nFleeing from 'free'<\/a> (about Flat World Knowledge) - November 5, 2012 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n

Generative AI<\/h1>\r\nChatGPT Has Changed Teaching. Our Readers Tell Us How<\/a>. (Chronicles of Higher Education, December 11, 2023)\r\n

<\/a>Inclusive Access<\/h1>\r\nAlso see Access codes\/assessment platforms<\/strong> and Publishers\/publishing<\/strong> on this page.<\/em>\r\n

<\/a>Journals<\/h1>\r\nRate of growth for CC BY articles in fully-OA journals continues for OASPA members<\/a> - July 3, 2019 (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association)\r\n

<\/a>Libraries\/librarians<\/h1>\r\nUI libraries aim to make a 'scholarly impact' on student research<\/a> - November 10, 2019 (The Daily Iowan)\r\n\r\nAs campuses move to embrace OER, college libraries become key players<\/a> - January 4, 2018 (EdSurge)\r\n\r\nSuccessful OER adoption models: Academic libraries leading the way<\/a> - April 14, 2017 (SPARC)\r\n

<\/a>Licences and subscriptions<\/h1>\r\nMIT, guided by open access principles, ends Elsevier negotiations<\/a> - June 11, 2020 (MIT News)\r\n\r\nOpen ed resources provider cries foul over attribution for its curriculum<\/a> - May 22, 2019 (EdWeek Market Brief)\r\n\r\nSubscribe to Open: Annual Review's take on open access<\/a> - April 2, 2019 (The Scholarly Kitchen)\r\n\r\nUC drops Elsevier<\/a> - March 1, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nIn UC's battle with the world's largest scientific publisher, the future of information is at stake<\/a> - December 7, 2018 (Los Angeles Times)\r\n

<\/a>Open educational resources (OER)<\/h1>\r\n11 Takeaways from the 2021 CHLOE Report<\/a> - June23, 2021 (Inside Higher Ed). See \"Takeaway No. 10: Open education resources got a pandemic bump.\"<\/em>\r\n\r\nDiscover 14 current online learning trends<\/a>: More colleges will turn to open educational resources<\/a> - January 26, 2021 (U.S. News)\r\n\r\nExpanding OER statewide: North Carolina Community College-System<\/a> - January 21, 2021 (AACC 21st Century Center)\r\n\r\nWindow of opportunity for OER<\/a> - August 13, 2020 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nFreedom Learning Group and Instructure Partner on course catalog and OER developed by military spouses<\/a> - June 2020 (The Learning Counsel)\r\n\r\nNYS budget: Higher education<\/a> - April 4, 2020 (News 10)\r\n\r\nA looming challenge for OER?<\/a> - March 10, 2020 (Inside Higher Education)\r\n\r\nOpen educational resources are 'moving up the adoption ladder' around the world<\/a> - March 3, 2020 (EdSurge)\r\n\r\nOER in Oregon shrinks cost of course materials by three-quarters<\/a> - February 5, 2020 (Campus Technology)\r\n\r\nFaculty and students find low cost, versatility in open educational resources<\/a> - October 24, 2019 (Bates News)\r\n\r\nBig Flickr announcement: All CC-licensed images will be protected<\/a> - March 8, 2019 (Creative Commons)\r\n\r\nOER use to triple over next 5 years<\/a> - Sept 7, 2016 (Campus Technology)\r\n\r\nCampus Tech Leaders Report More Support for Free Education Materials<\/a> - October 29, 2015 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)\r\n\r\nMaryland's UMUC leads the way in international online education<\/a> - September 30, 2015 (The Washington Diplomat)\r\n

<\/a>Open textbooks<\/h1>\r\nA best-selling textbook is now free<\/a> - August 11, 2022 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nDepartment of Education announces latest round of open textbook pilot grants<\/a> - January 15, 2021 (U.S. PIRG)\r\n\r\nDepartment of Ed Releases App Process for Open Textbook Pilot Grants<\/a> - October 5, 2020 (Campus Technology)\r\n\r\nOpenStax to double OER textbooks<\/a> - September 11, 2020 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nFree textbooks for law students<\/a> - January 3, 2020 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nWhat exactly is a 'free' textbook, and other questions about open resources<\/a> - October 1 2019 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)\r\n\r\nMore than half of all colleges and 2.94 million students using free OpenStax textbooks this year<\/a> - September 11, 2019 (OpenStax)\r\n\r\nAffordable College Textbook Act could save students millions on pricey books<\/a> - April 4, 2019 (U.S. PIRG)\r\n

Durbin, King, Smith, Sinema, Neguse introduce bicameral legislation to help make college textbooks more affordable<\/a> - April 4, 2019 (Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator, Illinois)<\/p>\r\nOpen-access chemistry textbooks gain popularity<\/a> - March 18, 2019 (Chemical & Engineering News)\r\n\r\nCollege courses without textbooks? These colleges are giving it a shot.<\/a> - June 15, 2016 (The Washington Post)\r\n

<\/a>Partnerships<\/h1>\r\nOdigia and MERLOT team up to empower institutions to create and deliver engaging course experiences<\/a> - June 18, 2019 (mySA)\r\n\r\nOER at the enterprise level<\/a> - June 13, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nSUNY system enters 3-year partnership with Lumen Learning to support innovate teaching & Learning<\/a> - June 12, 2019 (Lumen)\r\n\r\nCarnegie Mellon, Lumen Learning partner to expand support for evidence-based learning materials<\/a> - April 10, 2019 (CMU News)\r\n

<\/a>Platforms<\/h1>\r\nThe end of the line for iTunes U?<\/a> - June 12, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n

<\/a>Policy<\/h1>\r\nPresidential support (with caveats) for OER<\/a> - March 13, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n

<\/a>Printing<\/h1>\r\nMore professors ditch print<\/a> - February 24, 2021 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nPearson's next chapter<\/a> - July 16, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nPearson signals major shift from print by making all textbook updates 'digital first'<\/a> - July 15, 2019 (EdSurge)\r\n

<\/a>Public domain<\/h1>\r\nMillions of books are secretly in the public domain. You can download them free<\/a> - August 6, 2019 (Motherboard, Tech by Vice)\r\n\r\nPixabay joins the Unsplash image licensing earthquake<\/a> - January 2019 (PixelRockStar)\r\n

<\/a>Publishers\/publishing<\/h1>\r\nAlso see Partnerships<\/strong>,Printing<\/strong>, and Textbook costs<\/strong> on this page.\r\n<\/em>\r\n

UC secures landmark open access deal with world\u2019s largest scientific publisher<\/a> - March 16, 2021 (University of California Press Room)<\/p>\r\nLumen Learning, a proponent of OER, makes first acquisition to offer faculty coaching<\/a> - June 16, 2020 (EdSurge)\r\n\r\nPearson stock falls as U.S. student textbook snub will hurt 2020 profits<\/a> - February 21, 2020 (Barron's)\r\n\r\nSaying goodbye to CNX and hello to the\u00a0 next chapter<\/a> - February 7, 2020 (OpenStax)\r\n\r\nA legal challenge for inclusive access: Big textbook publishers and retailers are accused of squashing competition from independent college bookstores<\/a> - January 27, 2020 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nSharing frank feedback<\/a> (Macmillan Learning) - January 13, 2020 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nPearson faces \"deep-rooted challenges\" as CEO joins FTSE exodus<\/a> - December 18, 2019 (Proactive)\r\n\r\nCarnegie Mellon publishing agreement marks open access milestone<\/a> - November 21, 2019 (CMU news)\r\n\r\nCollege bookstores oppose Cengage-McGraw merger<\/a> - December 4, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nAlternative textbook providers on the rise<\/a> - November 4, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nHow a university took on the textbook industry<\/a> - October 24, 2019 (EdSurge)\r\n\r\nSPARC urges Department of Justice to block merger between Cengage and McGraw-Hill<\/a> - August 14, 2019 (SPARC News)\r\n\r\nPearson hack exposes thousands of students' data<\/a> - August 5 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nPushback on McGraw-Hill, Cengage merger highlights materials access debate<\/a> - August 1, 2019 (EducationDive)\r\n\r\nPublishers' pending merger faces growing opposition<\/a> - July 30, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nQ&A: Cengage\/McGraw-Hill merger<\/a> - July 29, 2019 (SPARC)\r\n\r\nPearson turns the page on college textbooks as digital courseware demand grows<\/a> - July 16, 2019 (Pearson announcement)\r\n

MediaWeek: Publishing News - B&N bidding, EBSCO, Follett, Axel Springer, Paper Shortages, University Presses<\/a> - June 14, 2019 (Personanondata)<\/p>\r\nOhioLINK breaks new ground creating central fund for open access publications with Wiley<\/a> - June 12, 2019 (MarketScreener)\r\n\r\nHow merger of two textbook giants could impact course materials<\/a> - May 3, 2019 (EdSurge)\r\n\r\nRival publishers join forces (Cengage and McGraw-Hill)<\/a> - May 2, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n

Planned merger of Cengage and McGraw-Hill could remake college-textbook market<\/a> - May 1, 2019 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)<\/p>\r\nShifting focus of publishers signals tough times for textbook authors<\/a> - December 12, 2018 (Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nNew higher ed survey: OER may triple in use as primary courseware within five years<\/a> - September 7, 2016 (Cengage press release)\r\n\r\nCengage contributes openly licensed content to OER community<\/a> - July 16, 2018 (Cision)\r\n\r\nWhat open-access publishing actually costs<\/a> - November 9, 2015 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)\r\n\r\nBoundless settles with publishers<\/a> - December 19, 2013 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\n3 major publishers sue open-education textbook start-up<\/a> - April 5, 2012 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)\r\n

<\/a>Religious colleges<\/h1>\r\nTheology department receives $25,000 grant to lead \"La Biblia\" workshops<\/a> - February 11, 2021 (The Rattler)\r\n\r\nOER is Growing at Religious Colleges, But Raises Unique Challenges<\/a> - October 24, 2018 (EdSurge)\r\n

<\/a>Repositories<\/h1>\r\nAlso see Partnerships<\/strong>.<\/em>\r\n

<\/a>Return on investment (ROI)<\/h1>\r\nPerformance Audit Report: North Dakota University system open educational resources, Report No. NP-007-17<\/a> - September 4, 2018 (PDF<\/a>)\r\n

<\/a>Savings<\/h1>\r\nReport: Open educational resources save students money at a manageable cost to colleges<\/a> - February 25, 2020 (Diverse)\r\n\r\nOER can save colleges money, too<\/a> - February 20, 2020 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nUniversity students saved $177 million in 2018 using OpenStax OER<\/a> - February 22, 2019 (Ed Scoop)\r\n

<\/a>Textbook costs<\/h1>\r\nLawmakers eye expanding electronic, open-source access to combat college textbook costs<\/a> - November 8, 2021 (Florida Politics)\r\n\r\nPricey textbooks holding Fresno college students back. Could this fix the problem?<\/a> - March 19, 2021 (The Fresno Bee)\r\n\r\nNewsom calls textbooks \"racket,\" proposes money to create free ones<\/a> - January 13, 2021 (Cal Matters)\r\n\r\nWill online college courses help reduce textbook prices?<\/a> - August 7, 2020 (Forbes)\r\n\r\nWhy it's so hard to lower the cost of textbooks<\/a> - July 28, 2020 (Ed Surge)\r\n\r\nWhy are textbooks so expensive?<\/a> - March 4, 2020 (Teen Vogue)\r\n\r\nThat digital textbook? Your college has billed you for it<\/a> - February 28, 2020 (The New York Times)\r\n\r\nColleges blamed for sneaking pricey textbooks onto student bills<\/a> - February 27, 2020 (Bloomberg)\r\n\r\nHundreds of colleges automatically bill students for books. Is that fair?<\/a> - February 27, 2020 (Money)\r\n\r\nThe textbook monopoly<\/a> - February 24, 2020 (The Review)\r\n\r\nBuying textbooks: 'A sense of desperation'<\/a> - January 23, 2020\r\n\r\nTextbook are pricey. So students are getting creative<\/a>. - January 17, 2020 (The Washington Post)\r\n\r\nOER, rental and subscriptions push college textbooks' business to a further decline<\/a> - December 17, 2019 (IBL News)\r\n\r\nWhy do college textbooks cost so much? 7 questions answered<\/a> - August 23, 2019 (The Conversation)\r\n\r\nTextbooks are getting cheaper for the first time in two decades<\/a> - August 12, 2019 (The College Fix)\r\n\r\n11 ways to cut your textbook costs<\/a> - August 5, 2019 (Yahoo Finance!)\r\n\r\nThe radical transformation of the textbook<\/a> - August 4, 2019 (Wired)\r\n\r\nU.S. college education could be pricier with textbook merger<\/a> - July 29, 2019 (Reuters)\r\n\r\nTextbook spending continues slow decline<\/a> - July 25, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n

NACS report shows 14% decrease in spending on college course materials<\/a> - July 24, 2019 (National Association of College Stores)<\/p>\r\nSee \"College Tuition and Fees\" and College Textbooks\" on Chart of the day or century? Price changes (January 1998 to January 2019), Selected US consumer goods and services, wages<\/a> - July 12, 2019 (Carpe Diem)\r\n\r\nThe high cost of college textbooks, explained<\/a> - March 6, 2019 (Vox)\r\n\r\nThe CD \u2018chart of the century\u2019 makes the rounds at the Federal Reserve<\/a> - July 13, 2018 (AEIdeas)\r\n

As OER grows up, advocates stress more than just low cost<\/a> - January 15, 2019 (Ed Surge)<\/p>\r\n80% of the textbook industry is dominated by 5 publishing companies that make books so expensive most students skip buying them<\/a> - December 4, 2018 (Business Insider)\r\n\r\nReport: Textbook pricing affects students' rating of profs<\/a> - November 6, 2018 (Campus\u00a0 Technology)\r\n\r\nBetween publishers and OER, Flatworld cuts a third path in the textbook market<\/a> - July 4, 2018 (ELearning Inside)\r\n\r\nStudy: High textbook prices lead to poor grades<\/a> - September 20, 2017 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nThe crazy price of college textbooks is pushing more US universities to adopt an open-source solution<\/a>\u00a0- Sept 27, 2016 (Quartz)\r\n\r\nThe cost of college textbooks has increased 88% since Jan. 2006, Tuition and fees up 63%<\/a> - September 3, 2016 (Info Docket)\r\n\r\nTextbook trends: How U.S. college students source course materials<\/a> - August 18, 2016 (Insights)\r\n\r\nBringing down the high cost of textbooks<\/a> - June 26, 2016 (The Washington Post)\r\n\r\nCollege textbook prices have risen 1041% since 1977<\/a> - August 6, 2015 (NBC)\r\n\r\nTriaging textbook costs <\/a>- August 4, 2015 (Inside Higher Ed)\r\n\r\nIn students' minds, textbooks are increasingly optional purchases<\/a> - July 9, 2015 (The Chronicle of Higher Education).\r\n\r\nHow\u00a0 college students battled textbook publishers to a draw, in 3 graphs<\/a> - October 9, 2014 (NPR - Planet Money)\r\n\r\n'Required reading': As textbook prices soar, students try to cope<\/a> - September 15, 2013 (NBC)\r\n

<\/a>Tuition<\/h1>\r\nAlso see Textbook costs<\/strong> on this page.<\/em>\r\n

<\/a>Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) programs<\/h1>\r\nA look at 'Zero-Textbook-Cost' alternatives for community colleges<\/a> - April 8, 2020 (Elk Grove Citizen)\r\n\r\nGovernor Polis' ZTC challenge<\/a> - 2015 (Colorado Department of Higher Education)\r\n\r\n ","rendered":"
Last update: Jan 3\/24<\/div>\n

<\/a>Access codes\/assessment platforms<\/h1>\n

Nine new lawsuits target ‘Inclusive Access’ textbook programs, alleging antitrust violations<\/a> – May 21, 2020 (EdSurge)<\/p>\n

Report: College online access codes are a “bad deal;” publishers say digital options cut costs<\/a> – February 27, 2020 (News wpxi.com)<\/p>\n

College students’ latest headache? Digital access fees on top of rising textbook prices<\/a> – September 13, 2019 (Chicago Sun Times)<\/p>\n

Another big move hits higher-ed publishing, as Wiley buys Knewton<\/a> – May 6, 2019 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)<\/p>\n

Would a new program for textbook access codes really help UNC students?<\/a> – April 3, 2019 (The Daily Tar Heel)<\/p>\n

The true cost of inclusive access<\/a> – February 5, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

Access denied<\/a> – September 21, 2016 (Student PIRGSs)<\/p>\n

Some college students are angry they have to pay to do their homework<\/a> – August 26, 2016 (Buzz Feed News)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Accessibility<\/h1>\n

The digital courseware accessibility problem<\/a> – December 2, 2019 (Insider Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

Federal Court rules in favor of blind students<\/a> – August 21, 2019 (National Federation of the Blind)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Adoption<\/h1>\n

Donation to UTSA Libraries to fund free textbook program<\/a> – May 21, 2021 (UTSA Today)<\/p>\n

Faculty awareness of OER has increased for 5 years straight, yet adoption is flat<\/a> – March19, 2021 (Campus Technology)<\/p>\n

Awareness of open educational resources grows, but adoption doesn’t<\/a> – March 18, 2021 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

More than half of all U.S. colleges and universities using OpenStax textbooks<\/a> – September 11, 2019 (Campus Technology)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Advocacy<\/h1>\n

Sustaining Values and Scholarship: A Statement by the Provosts of the Big Ten Academic Alliance<\/a> – June 10, 2019 (Big Ten Academic Alliance)<\/p>\n

AI and copyright<\/h1>\n

Copyright office issues opinion letter on copyright in AI-generated images<\/a> – March 8, 2023 (Authors Alliance)<\/p>\n

Copyright office launches new artificial intelligence initiative<\/a> – March 16, 2023 (NewsNet Issue No. 1004)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Booksellers\/bookstores<\/h1>\n

March budget madness<\/a> – March 21, 2019 (Eugene Weekly)<\/p>\n

College stores adapt to change<\/a> – February 15, 2019 (Publishers Weekly)<\/p>\n

The true cost of inclusive access<\/a> – February 5, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

A Barnes and Nobles Experience<\/a> – December 10, 2018 (Open Oregon)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Copyright<\/h1>\n

Traditional Knowledge and the Commons: The open movement, listening, and learning<\/a> – September 18, 2018 (Creative Commons, by Mehtab Khan)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Courses<\/h1>\n

Also see Partnerships<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>Creative Commons licences<\/h1>\n

ACHE, ACCS to provide educators grants to get Creative Commons Certificate training<\/a> – March 15, 2021 (Alabama Political Reporter)<\/p>\n

Announcing the CC catalog API, version 1.0<\/a> – March 16, 2020 (Creative Commons)<\/p>\n

U.S. appellate court enforces CC’s interpretation of NonCommercial<\/a> – January 7 2020 (Creative Commons)<\/p>\n

Our 4.0 license suite is now available in simplified and traditional Chinese<\/a> – January 2, 2020 (Creative Commons)<\/p>\n

Creative Commons license doesn’t bind commercial printers, Ninth Circuit rules<\/a> – December 27, 2019 (Law.com\/The Recorder)<\/p>\n

Traditional Knowledge and the Commons: The open movement, listening, and learning<\/a> – September 18, 2018 (Creative Commons, by Mehtab Khan)<\/p>\n

Update on Great Minds v FedEx Office litigation involving BY-NC-SA<\/a> – February 24, 2017 (Creative Commons)<\/p>\n

Defending noncommercial uses: Great Minds v Fedex Office<\/a> – August 30, 2016 (Creative Commons)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Debt<\/h1>\n

New university data show decrease in student loan debt as enrollment spikes<\/a> – May 27, 2021 (New Texas Daily)<\/p>\n

Divorce? Marry off your kid? As financial aid confusion grows, parents consider drastic measures<\/a> – November 22, 2019 (Marion Star)<\/p>\n

The latest victims of the student debt crisis – parents<\/a> – May 11, 2019 (CNBC)<\/p>\n

More parents struggle to repay loans they borrowed for their children\u2019s education<\/a> – December 11, 2018 (CNBC)<\/p>\n

Student debt – Part 3 of 3: Current Pioneer Valley students prepare for payments after graduation<\/a> – November 25, 2015 (Daily Hampshire Gazette)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Efficacy\/student outcomes<\/h1>\n

SAC scores assess department data to measure scholastic achievement<\/a> – March 29, 2019 (The Ranger)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Equity, diversity, inclusion (EDI)<\/h1>\n

Lumen Learning User Texting Center to examine equity in OER solutions<\/a> – November 23, 2021 (Campus Technology)<\/p>\n

Equity inspires 66 colleges to expand the reach of open educational resources<\/a> – September 1, 2021(University Business)<\/p>\n

We believe textbooks should be diverse and inclusive. Here’s what we’re doing about it<\/a> – October 4, 2019 (OpenStax)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Funding<\/h1>\n

California Governor Signs Bill on College Access<\/a> – July 29, 2021 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

California Governor Makes Push for Open Educational Resources<\/a> – May 28, 2021 (EdWeek Market Brief)<\/p>\n

Congress to renew open textbook pilot grant program with $7 million appropriation<\/a> – December 17, 2019 (SPARC)<\/p>\n

<\/a>General<\/h1>\n

Course Hero quietly took over hosting Lumen’s OER content. They say it’s no big deal<\/a> – July 11, 2022 (EdSurge)<\/p>\n

ASMSU approves climate, sustainability and OER bills among 14 going to GA<\/a> – December 10, 2020 (The State News)<\/p>\n

Pandemic brings increased attention to Open Access Week<\/a> – October 19, 2020 (WSU Insider)<\/p>\n

Open Textbook Network to Change Name to \u2018Open Education Network\u2019<\/a> – July 23, 2020 (Open Education Network blog)<\/p>\n

NEH announces new fellowships open book awards<\/a> – June 15, 2020 (National Endowment for the Humanities)<\/p>\n

The global health crisis is crystalizing the need for policies that support universal access to learning resources<\/a> – April 4, 2020 (Agenparl)<\/p>\n

Bassel Khartabil Fellowship Awarded to Tarek Loubani\u2014Using Open Access to Combat COVID-19<\/a> – April 2, 2020 (Creative Commons)<\/p>\n

Can colleges launch data science programs fast enough?<\/a> – November 26, 2019 (EducationDive)<\/p>\n

Open education … is closed<\/a> – November 6, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

The Open Education Conference falls apart, leaving a community of passionate OER supporters<\/a> – November 4, 2019 (IBL News)<\/p>\n

Database of 7 million syllabi pulls back the curtain on higher ed<\/a> – July 23, 2019 (EdScoop)<\/p>\n

Transforming energy education in the digital age<\/a> – July 8, 2019 (Forbes)<\/p>\n

Carnegie Melon announces release of toolkit to kickstart global revolution in educational effectiveness<\/a> – March 27, 2019 (CMU News)<\/p>\n

Fleeing from ‘free’<\/a> (about Flat World Knowledge) – November 5, 2012 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

Generative AI<\/h1>\n

ChatGPT Has Changed Teaching. Our Readers Tell Us How<\/a>. (Chronicles of Higher Education, December 11, 2023)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Inclusive Access<\/h1>\n

Also see Access codes\/assessment platforms<\/strong> and Publishers\/publishing<\/strong> on this page.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>Journals<\/h1>\n

Rate of growth for CC BY articles in fully-OA journals continues for OASPA members<\/a> – July 3, 2019 (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Libraries\/librarians<\/h1>\n

UI libraries aim to make a ‘scholarly impact’ on student research<\/a> – November 10, 2019 (The Daily Iowan)<\/p>\n

As campuses move to embrace OER, college libraries become key players<\/a> – January 4, 2018 (EdSurge)<\/p>\n

Successful OER adoption models: Academic libraries leading the way<\/a> – April 14, 2017 (SPARC)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Licences and subscriptions<\/h1>\n

MIT, guided by open access principles, ends Elsevier negotiations<\/a> – June 11, 2020 (MIT News)<\/p>\n

Open ed resources provider cries foul over attribution for its curriculum<\/a> – May 22, 2019 (EdWeek Market Brief)<\/p>\n

Subscribe to Open: Annual Review’s take on open access<\/a> – April 2, 2019 (The Scholarly Kitchen)<\/p>\n

UC drops Elsevier<\/a> – March 1, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

In UC’s battle with the world’s largest scientific publisher, the future of information is at stake<\/a> – December 7, 2018 (Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Open educational resources (OER)<\/h1>\n

11 Takeaways from the 2021 CHLOE Report<\/a> – June23, 2021 (Inside Higher Ed). See “Takeaway No. 10: Open education resources got a pandemic bump.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Discover 14 current online learning trends<\/a>: More colleges will turn to open educational resources<\/a> – January 26, 2021 (U.S. News)<\/p>\n

Expanding OER statewide: North Carolina Community College-System<\/a> – January 21, 2021 (AACC 21st Century Center)<\/p>\n

Window of opportunity for OER<\/a> – August 13, 2020 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

Freedom Learning Group and Instructure Partner on course catalog and OER developed by military spouses<\/a> – June 2020 (The Learning Counsel)<\/p>\n

NYS budget: Higher education<\/a> – April 4, 2020 (News 10)<\/p>\n

A looming challenge for OER?<\/a> – March 10, 2020 (Inside Higher Education)<\/p>\n

Open educational resources are ‘moving up the adoption ladder’ around the world<\/a> – March 3, 2020 (EdSurge)<\/p>\n

OER in Oregon shrinks cost of course materials by three-quarters<\/a> – February 5, 2020 (Campus Technology)<\/p>\n

Faculty and students find low cost, versatility in open educational resources<\/a> – October 24, 2019 (Bates News)<\/p>\n

Big Flickr announcement: All CC-licensed images will be protected<\/a> – March 8, 2019 (Creative Commons)<\/p>\n

OER use to triple over next 5 years<\/a> – Sept 7, 2016 (Campus Technology)<\/p>\n

Campus Tech Leaders Report More Support for Free Education Materials<\/a> – October 29, 2015 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)<\/p>\n

Maryland’s UMUC leads the way in international online education<\/a> – September 30, 2015 (The Washington Diplomat)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Open textbooks<\/h1>\n

A best-selling textbook is now free<\/a> – August 11, 2022 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

Department of Education announces latest round of open textbook pilot grants<\/a> – January 15, 2021 (U.S. PIRG)<\/p>\n

Department of Ed Releases App Process for Open Textbook Pilot Grants<\/a> – October 5, 2020 (Campus Technology)<\/p>\n

OpenStax to double OER textbooks<\/a> – September 11, 2020 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

Free textbooks for law students<\/a> – January 3, 2020 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

What exactly is a ‘free’ textbook, and other questions about open resources<\/a> – October 1 2019 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)<\/p>\n

More than half of all colleges and 2.94 million students using free OpenStax textbooks this year<\/a> – September 11, 2019 (OpenStax)<\/p>\n

Affordable College Textbook Act could save students millions on pricey books<\/a> – April 4, 2019 (U.S. PIRG)<\/p>\n

Durbin, King, Smith, Sinema, Neguse introduce bicameral legislation to help make college textbooks more affordable<\/a> – April 4, 2019 (Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator, Illinois)<\/p>\n

Open-access chemistry textbooks gain popularity<\/a> – March 18, 2019 (Chemical & Engineering News)<\/p>\n

College courses without textbooks? These colleges are giving it a shot.<\/a> – June 15, 2016 (The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Partnerships<\/h1>\n

Odigia and MERLOT team up to empower institutions to create and deliver engaging course experiences<\/a> – June 18, 2019 (mySA)<\/p>\n

OER at the enterprise level<\/a> – June 13, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

SUNY system enters 3-year partnership with Lumen Learning to support innovate teaching & Learning<\/a> – June 12, 2019 (Lumen)<\/p>\n

Carnegie Mellon, Lumen Learning partner to expand support for evidence-based learning materials<\/a> – April 10, 2019 (CMU News)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Platforms<\/h1>\n

The end of the line for iTunes U?<\/a> – June 12, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Policy<\/h1>\n

Presidential support (with caveats) for OER<\/a> – March 13, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Printing<\/h1>\n

More professors ditch print<\/a> – February 24, 2021 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

Pearson’s next chapter<\/a> – July 16, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

Pearson signals major shift from print by making all textbook updates ‘digital first’<\/a> – July 15, 2019 (EdSurge)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Public domain<\/h1>\n

Millions of books are secretly in the public domain. You can download them free<\/a> – August 6, 2019 (Motherboard, Tech by Vice)<\/p>\n

Pixabay joins the Unsplash image licensing earthquake<\/a> – January 2019 (PixelRockStar)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Publishers\/publishing<\/h1>\n

Also see Partnerships<\/strong>,Printing<\/strong>, and Textbook costs<\/strong> on this page.
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UC secures landmark open access deal with world\u2019s largest scientific publisher<\/a> – March 16, 2021 (University of California Press Room)<\/p>\n

Lumen Learning, a proponent of OER, makes first acquisition to offer faculty coaching<\/a> – June 16, 2020 (EdSurge)<\/p>\n

Pearson stock falls as U.S. student textbook snub will hurt 2020 profits<\/a> – February 21, 2020 (Barron’s)<\/p>\n

Saying goodbye to CNX and hello to the\u00a0 next chapter<\/a> – February 7, 2020 (OpenStax)<\/p>\n

A legal challenge for inclusive access: Big textbook publishers and retailers are accused of squashing competition from independent college bookstores<\/a> – January 27, 2020 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

Sharing frank feedback<\/a> (Macmillan Learning) – January 13, 2020 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

Pearson faces “deep-rooted challenges” as CEO joins FTSE exodus<\/a> – December 18, 2019 (Proactive)<\/p>\n

Carnegie Mellon publishing agreement marks open access milestone<\/a> – November 21, 2019 (CMU news)<\/p>\n

College bookstores oppose Cengage-McGraw merger<\/a> – December 4, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

Alternative textbook providers on the rise<\/a> – November 4, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

How a university took on the textbook industry<\/a> – October 24, 2019 (EdSurge)<\/p>\n

SPARC urges Department of Justice to block merger between Cengage and McGraw-Hill<\/a> – August 14, 2019 (SPARC News)<\/p>\n

Pearson hack exposes thousands of students’ data<\/a> – August 5 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

Pushback on McGraw-Hill, Cengage merger highlights materials access debate<\/a> – August 1, 2019 (EducationDive)<\/p>\n

Publishers’ pending merger faces growing opposition<\/a> – July 30, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

Q&A: Cengage\/McGraw-Hill merger<\/a> – July 29, 2019 (SPARC)<\/p>\n

Pearson turns the page on college textbooks as digital courseware demand grows<\/a> – July 16, 2019 (Pearson announcement)<\/p>\n

MediaWeek: Publishing News – B&N bidding, EBSCO, Follett, Axel Springer, Paper Shortages, University Presses<\/a> – June 14, 2019 (Personanondata)<\/p>\n

OhioLINK breaks new ground creating central fund for open access publications with Wiley<\/a> – June 12, 2019 (MarketScreener)<\/p>\n

How merger of two textbook giants could impact course materials<\/a> – May 3, 2019 (EdSurge)<\/p>\n

Rival publishers join forces (Cengage and McGraw-Hill)<\/a> – May 2, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

Planned merger of Cengage and McGraw-Hill could remake college-textbook market<\/a> – May 1, 2019 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)<\/p>\n

Shifting focus of publishers signals tough times for textbook authors<\/a> – December 12, 2018 (Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

New higher ed survey: OER may triple in use as primary courseware within five years<\/a> – September 7, 2016 (Cengage press release)<\/p>\n

Cengage contributes openly licensed content to OER community<\/a> – July 16, 2018 (Cision)<\/p>\n

What open-access publishing actually costs<\/a> – November 9, 2015 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)<\/p>\n

Boundless settles with publishers<\/a> – December 19, 2013 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

3 major publishers sue open-education textbook start-up<\/a> – April 5, 2012 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Religious colleges<\/h1>\n

Theology department receives $25,000 grant to lead “La Biblia” workshops<\/a> – February 11, 2021 (The Rattler)<\/p>\n

OER is Growing at Religious Colleges, But Raises Unique Challenges<\/a> – October 24, 2018 (EdSurge)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Repositories<\/h1>\n

Also see Partnerships<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>Return on investment (ROI)<\/h1>\n

Performance Audit Report: North Dakota University system open educational resources, Report No. NP-007-17<\/a> – September 4, 2018 (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Savings<\/h1>\n

Report: Open educational resources save students money at a manageable cost to colleges<\/a> – February 25, 2020 (Diverse)<\/p>\n

OER can save colleges money, too<\/a> – February 20, 2020 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

University students saved $177 million in 2018 using OpenStax OER<\/a> – February 22, 2019 (Ed Scoop)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Textbook costs<\/h1>\n

Lawmakers eye expanding electronic, open-source access to combat college textbook costs<\/a> – November 8, 2021 (Florida Politics)<\/p>\n

Pricey textbooks holding Fresno college students back. Could this fix the problem?<\/a> – March 19, 2021 (The Fresno Bee)<\/p>\n

Newsom calls textbooks “racket,” proposes money to create free ones<\/a> – January 13, 2021 (Cal Matters)<\/p>\n

Will online college courses help reduce textbook prices?<\/a> – August 7, 2020 (Forbes)<\/p>\n

Why it’s so hard to lower the cost of textbooks<\/a> – July 28, 2020 (Ed Surge)<\/p>\n

Why are textbooks so expensive?<\/a> – March 4, 2020 (Teen Vogue)<\/p>\n

That digital textbook? Your college has billed you for it<\/a> – February 28, 2020 (The New York Times)<\/p>\n

Colleges blamed for sneaking pricey textbooks onto student bills<\/a> – February 27, 2020 (Bloomberg)<\/p>\n

Hundreds of colleges automatically bill students for books. Is that fair?<\/a> – February 27, 2020 (Money)<\/p>\n

The textbook monopoly<\/a> – February 24, 2020 (The Review)<\/p>\n

Buying textbooks: ‘A sense of desperation’<\/a> – January 23, 2020<\/p>\n

Textbook are pricey. So students are getting creative<\/a>. – January 17, 2020 (The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

OER, rental and subscriptions push college textbooks’ business to a further decline<\/a> – December 17, 2019 (IBL News)<\/p>\n

Why do college textbooks cost so much? 7 questions answered<\/a> – August 23, 2019 (The Conversation)<\/p>\n

Textbooks are getting cheaper for the first time in two decades<\/a> – August 12, 2019 (The College Fix)<\/p>\n

11 ways to cut your textbook costs<\/a> – August 5, 2019 (Yahoo Finance!)<\/p>\n

The radical transformation of the textbook<\/a> – August 4, 2019 (Wired)<\/p>\n

U.S. college education could be pricier with textbook merger<\/a> – July 29, 2019 (Reuters)<\/p>\n

Textbook spending continues slow decline<\/a> – July 25, 2019 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

NACS report shows 14% decrease in spending on college course materials<\/a> – July 24, 2019 (National Association of College Stores)<\/p>\n

See “College Tuition and Fees” and College Textbooks” on Chart of the day or century? Price changes (January 1998 to January 2019), Selected US consumer goods and services, wages<\/a> – July 12, 2019 (Carpe Diem)<\/p>\n

The high cost of college textbooks, explained<\/a> – March 6, 2019 (Vox)<\/p>\n

The CD \u2018chart of the century\u2019 makes the rounds at the Federal Reserve<\/a> – July 13, 2018 (AEIdeas)<\/p>\n

As OER grows up, advocates stress more than just low cost<\/a> – January 15, 2019 (Ed Surge)<\/p>\n

80% of the textbook industry is dominated by 5 publishing companies that make books so expensive most students skip buying them<\/a> – December 4, 2018 (Business Insider)<\/p>\n

Report: Textbook pricing affects students’ rating of profs<\/a> – November 6, 2018 (Campus\u00a0 Technology)<\/p>\n

Between publishers and OER, Flatworld cuts a third path in the textbook market<\/a> – July 4, 2018 (ELearning Inside)<\/p>\n

Study: High textbook prices lead to poor grades<\/a> – September 20, 2017 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

The crazy price of college textbooks is pushing more US universities to adopt an open-source solution<\/a>\u00a0– Sept 27, 2016 (Quartz)<\/p>\n

The cost of college textbooks has increased 88% since Jan. 2006, Tuition and fees up 63%<\/a> – September 3, 2016 (Info Docket)<\/p>\n

Textbook trends: How U.S. college students source course materials<\/a> – August 18, 2016 (Insights)<\/p>\n

Bringing down the high cost of textbooks<\/a> – June 26, 2016 (The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

College textbook prices have risen 1041% since 1977<\/a> – August 6, 2015 (NBC)<\/p>\n

Triaging textbook costs <\/a>– August 4, 2015 (Inside Higher Ed)<\/p>\n

In students’ minds, textbooks are increasingly optional purchases<\/a> – July 9, 2015 (The Chronicle of Higher Education).<\/p>\n

How\u00a0 college students battled textbook publishers to a draw, in 3 graphs<\/a> – October 9, 2014 (NPR – Planet Money)<\/p>\n

‘Required reading’: As textbook prices soar, students try to cope<\/a> – September 15, 2013 (NBC)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Tuition<\/h1>\n

Also see Textbook costs<\/strong> on this page.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) programs<\/h1>\n

A look at ‘Zero-Textbook-Cost’ alternatives for community colleges<\/a> – April 8, 2020 (Elk Grove Citizen)<\/p>\n

Governor Polis’ ZTC challenge<\/a> – 2015 (Colorado Department of Higher Education)<\/p>\n

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