Latest News from SPARC
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Thursday, April 4, 2019
Affordable College Textbook Act Reintroduced in U.S. Congress
Open EducationToday Congress introduced the Affordable College Textbook Act, which aims to make higher education more affordable for students by expanding the use and awareness of open educational resources.
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
New Open Textbook Pilot Grantees Gear Up For Next Steps
Open EducationThe U.S. Department of Education awarded the second round of Open Textbook Pilot funding to Chippewa Valley Technical College and Arizona State University. SPARC has a first look at their projects.
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Friday, March 8, 2019
SPARC Open Education Leadership Program: Empowering Catalysts for Change
Open EducationLaunched two years ago, SPARC's Open Education Leadership Program has gone far and above our expectations. For Open Education Week, we interviewed members of the community to understand how it is having an impact.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2019
SPARC Celebrates Open Education Week on Capitol Hill
Open EducationIn celebration of international Open Education Week, SPARC teamed up with a group of open education advocates for a day of meetings on Capitol Hill to educate lawmakers about how open textbooks can make higher education more affordable and effective for students.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019
OER Awareness and Adoption on the Rise
Open EducationA new report from the Babson Survey Research Group provides fresh evidence that open educational resources (OER) have made significant gains in awareness and adoption over the last year.
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Thursday, December 20, 2018
A New Method for Estimating OER Savings
Open EducationA new, nationally-representative study finds that students save $116.94 on average when assigned OER in place of traditional materials.
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Friday, October 12, 2018
$1 Billion in Savings through Open Educational Resources
Open EducationFive years ago we issued a challenge to the OER community to save students $1 billion by 2018. Today we announced that we did it!
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Monday, October 8, 2018
OER and Accessibility: Working Toward Inclusive Learning
Open EducationOrganizations in the open movement are making strides to make OER more inclusive and equitable and help advocates take actionable steps.
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