The Affordable College Textbook Act - SPARC

peter.suber's bookmarks 2017-09-26

Summary:

"The Affordable College Textbook Act seeks to reduce the cost of textbooks at U.S. colleges and universities by expanding the use of open textbooks (and other Open Educational Resources) that everyone can use, adapt and share freely. The legislation was introduced on September 26, 2017 by Representatives Polis (D-CO) and Sinema (D-AZ) in the House and  Senators Durbin (D-IL), Franken (D-MN), and King (I-ME) in the Senate."

Link:

https://sparcopen.org/our-work/2017-act-bill/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.textbooks oa.usa oa.government oa.legislation oa.oer oa.prices oa.funders.public oa.policies.funders oa.mandates oa.books oa.policies oa.funders

Date tagged:

09/26/2017, 16:16

Date published:

09/26/2017, 07:15