…simply can’t afford not to sell books in these huge discount stores, knowing their competitors most certainly will. One of the unfortunate consequences of these bargains at the retail stores…
READ MORE…chairs who are experts in the field. Teams of scholars have developed comprehensive criteria, protocols, and processes that provide frameworks for the peer review of teaching. Typically, reviews are the…
READ MORE…Additionally, William Enfield, a contemporary of Blackstone, commented in Observation on Literary Property (The Monthly Review, Nov. 1774) that an author’s right to her or his literary composition was founded…
READ MORE…would financially strengthen the company. A number of these proposed plans directly implicate Coursera users as essential to the company’s financial success. I have recently submitted a Freedom of Information…
READ MORE…many researchers around the world are shut out completely. Compounding the problem, consolidation in the scholarly publishing market has reduced competition significantly, causing even more price inflexibility. Excessive profits? Academic…
READ MORE…campus. The term free speech (or freedom of expression) is used in an increasingly partisan and strategic way in public debate. It is worth remembering then that a commitment to…
READ MORE…delete the compromising comments about the limitations of the review. This was an extraordinary intervention by the university. A different version of the report, with the problematic elements removed (dated…
READ MORE…Teachers can also freely combine and adapt open textbooks to fit the particular needs of their course without complex and expensive negotiations with publishers. That’s very important to teachers who…
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