Latest News from SPARC
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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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Monday, July 22, 2019
Open Education Policy Forum
Open EducationThe 4th Open Education Policy Forum will take the form of a six-month policy incubation process, initiated by a two-day in-person workshop and ending during Open Education Week 2020. The workshop will take place on 7-8 October 2019 in Warsaw, Poland. We will be inviting a cohort of ...
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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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