With our "Interesting Reads" blog posts, the EDUCAUSE Policy Office highlights recent articles on federal policy issues and developments that are directly relevant to members or provide insights on higher education policy in general.
- "A Big Publisher Embraces OER," Inside Higher Ed, October 10, 2017. (Cengage will offer open educational resources for general education courses)
- "Publishers Split on How to Handle ResearchGate," Inside Higher Ed, October 10, 2017. (Popular social networking site for researchers draws criticism from publishers, who say papers shared on the site were in breach of copyright laws)
- "Blackboard Ally: Tackling Accessibility in Higher Education," WCET Frontiers, October 11, 2017. (WCET gives WOW Award to Blackboard for their accessibility program Ally)
- "ResearchGate Backs Down," Inside Higher Ed, October 11, 2017. (The popular social networking site for researchers starts taking down papers in breach of copyright laws)
- "New Data on Course Loads and Persistence," Inside Higher Ed, October 11, 2017. (Civitas Learning's new report shows that small increases in course loads can increase the odds that students will stick with and graduate from college)
- "Ivanka's Syllabus," Inside Higher Ed, October 11, 2017. (Experts give Ivanka Trump advice on what she should read and study in preparation for her efforts to tackle ed-tech policy)
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