Latest News from SPARC
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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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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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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 28, 2019
SPARC Landscape Analysis
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThis report was commissioned in response to the growing trend of commercial acquisition of critical infrastructure in our institutions. It is intended to provide a comprehensive look at the current players in this arena, their strategies and potential actions, and the implications of these on the...
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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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