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| Cost-conscious UMD students join nationwide 'Textbook Rebellion' South Coast Today Barry was among the students to sign a petition Tuesday favoring affordable textbooks. The petition drive at UMass Dartmouth was organized by "Textbook Rebellion," a national coalition for lower college textbook prices. The event was one of 40 rallies ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Saylor Foundation Launches Multi-Million Dollar Open Textbook Challenge PR Newswire (press release) Eligible textbooks will reinforce and expand upon subject areas correlating to the 200+ free online college-level courses available at Saylor.org, which are drawn from high-enrollment majors at traditional US colleges. The texts will also be openly ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Flat World Knowledge Signs eText Agreement With Indiana University to ... MarketWatch (press release) IRVINGTON, NY, Sep 09, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Flat World Knowledge, the largest publisher of expert-authored and peer-reviewed open college textbooks, announced today that it has signed a university-wide licensing agreement with Indiana ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| How to Save on College Textbooks and Journal Articles Savings.com (blog) Monbiot primarily cites the astronomical costs of journal articles, but the average college student has more experience with expensive college textbooks. These books can sometimes cost hundreds of dollars, with new editions that come out yearly ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Students shop around for college textbooks WCAX This may be Owen Howard's junior year, but this is the first time he's actually looking at price tags of textbooks. "This is the first year I had to buy books myself and they're pretty expensive. The math books are expensive," Howard said. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Saylor Foundation Launches Multi-Million Dollar Open Textbook Challenge Sacramento Bee 7, 2011 -- Open Education Non-Profit Offers $20000 to Each College Textbook Author Willing to License Texts Openly Under Creative Commons Licensing and Allow Free Use for Students and Educators WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2011 The Saylor Foundation ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Saylor Foundation Kicks Off Open Textbook Challenge Campus Technology Eligible textbooks will expand on the more-than 200 free online college-level courses available at Saylor.org. (A list of applicable subjects is available online.) The texts will be available to anyone in the world and freely distributed via various ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Don't buy 'by the book' Eastern Echo According to a 2004 report from the State Public Interest Research Groups, the average student will spend $900 per year on college textbooks. This does not include students who attend spring and summer semesters. This is roughly one-fifth of the cost ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 3 Canadian Colleges Move to iPad Textbooks Campus Technology Pearson's free eText for iPad app version 1.1, currently available in the Apple iTunes Store, allows students to access digital versions of its college textbooks with a Pearson username and password. The app's "bookshelf" displays all the titles ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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