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Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Affordable College Textbook Act Reintroduced in U.S. Congress
Open EducationFederal lawmakers have renewed efforts to tackle the rising cost of textbooks by reintroducing the Affordable College Textbook Act, a bill designed to make higher education more affordable by expanding the use of open educational resources (OER).
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Thursday, November 21, 2024
The Timeliness of Open Education Comes into Focus at OpenEd24
Open EducationMembers of the open education community gathered in Providence, Rhode Island, and online October 8-10 to celebrate past progress, share current trends, and look at how to best forge ahead together in the future.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Open Government Partnership RFI
Open Access · Open EducationSPARC recommended that the U.S. government's Open Government National Action Plan include a commitment to ensuring, "Immediate, Free Access to and Reuse of Government-funded Research and Educational Materials."
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Friday, November 1, 2024
Reclaiming Control: Privacy, Platforms, AI, & Governance in the Public Interest
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationWe have the opportunity to accelerate progress toward systems of sharing knowledge that are open by default and equitable by design, and to do so, we must engage with the rapid changes to the digital environment that intersect with knowledge sharing systems.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
The ORFG Open Scholarship Seed Award Update
Open EducationThe ORFG Open Scholarship Seed Award program awarded 23 grants to students, faculty, and staff from 15 countries.
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Monday, February 5, 2024
Rapid Reaction Webcast: Negotiated Rulemaking & Automatic Textbook Billing
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Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Open Textbook Pilot Grantees Share Vision for Innovative Projects Across the U.S.
Open EducationThe U.S. Department of Education has named six new recipients of federal Open Textbook Pilot grants for FY23. Project leaders across the country are gearing up to use the nearly $12 million in awards to expand the use of Open Educational Resources (OER).
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