Latest News from SPARC
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Monday, September 30, 2019
SPARC Releases Connect OER Annual Report for 2018-2019
Open EducationThe data from our 2018-2019 report encompasses 132 institutions spanning 44 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces who participate in Connect OER. The data underlying this report was collected through the Connect OER platform between July 2017 and August 2019.
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Wednesday, September 25, 2019
A Look at Community Colleges Leading the Way on OER
Open EducationCommunity colleges have been at the heart of the open educational resources (OER) movement from the very beginning. We highlight some of the outstanding work happening at community colleges in the SPARC network.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Expanding the Scope: Illustrating the Impact of OER
Open EducationSPARC's recent webcast discussed how OER can achieve the important benefits of open pedagogy, accessibility, sustainability, equity, and inclusion—moving the conversation beyond affordability alone.
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019
SPARC Urges Department of Justice to Block Merger Between Cengage and McGraw-Hill
Open EducationSPARC submitted a detailed filing to the U.S. Department of Justice urging federal antitrust enforcers to block the proposed merger between college textbook publishing giants Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education.
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Thursday, August 8, 2019
SPARC Welcomes 2019-2020 Open Education Leadership Fellows
Open EducationSPARC is thrilled to welcome our third cohort to the Open Education Leadership Program. The cohort is comprised of 27 fellows from a diverse group of institutions spanning 17 states and provinces.
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Monday, July 29, 2019
Q&A: Cengage/McGraw-Hill Merger
Open EducationAs opposition mounts against a merger between the second and third largest textbook publishers, SPARC provides answers to common questions and an update on what we are doing to stop it.
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Thursday, June 27, 2019
SPARC: Putting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion First
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationTo achieve SPARC’s vision for Open, the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) must be built into the core of the system we seek to foster, and they must be deliberately supported at the center of our own work.
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Friday, April 26, 2019
Regina Gong: Championing OER at Community Colleges
Open EducationRegina Gong is a powerful advocate for OER at Lansing Community College and is the first to hold a new community college seat on the SPARC Steering Committee.
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