College students in Rhode Island have saved nearly $900K on textbooks in a year
| Published | 28 September 2017 |
| Publisher | edscoop, Scoop News Group |
| Country | United States, North America |
ABSTRACT
Through the same initiative, over 40 professors in the state have adopted openly licensed textbooks.| Keywords | Digital Equity · Education IT News · Higher Ed · higher education · K-12 · OER · policy · Rhode Island · textbook |
| Published at | Washington, D.C |
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| URL | https://edscoop.com/college-students-save-thousands-with-the-rhode-island-open-textbook-initiative |
| Access date | 3/15/2018 |
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