Three winning university students and three instructors are honored by a new Black Stories program from Macmillan Learning.
South Africa’s Snapplify Foundation Wins Bett MEA Award for Inclusion
The new Snapplify Foundation is the winner of a 2020 Bett MEA award for its work in expanding ed-tech services’ availability in Africa.
AAP and CCC End Georgia State ‘E-Reserves’ Copyright Litigation
Citing appellate court rulings that make the plaintiffs’ point, AAP and CCC decline to pursue further appeals in a 12-year-old case.
AAP Reports 23-Percent Increase on US E-Textbooks in Fall Semester
Pandemic-era distance learning has driven up digital course material purchases by students per the Association of American Publishers.
‘Signal of Hope’: Canada’s Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Copyright Case Appeals
Canadian publishers report that more than $150 million has been lost, in the world’s most prominent copyright controversy.
Germany’s Springer Nature Activates a MOOC & BOOK Textbook
The revived world of ‘massive open online courses’ has prompted Springer Nature to work with Italian universities on new textbooks for MOOCs.
Canada’s Top Hat Acquires the US’ Bluedoor, as Teaching Modes Shift
Toronto’s Top Hat adds Bluedoor’s science-focused content to its platform operations in the digital higher-education space.
HarperCollins’ Ecco and Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney Create a Publishing Diversity Fellowship
Author Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney and Ecco set up a five-year publishing diversity fellowship with the Columbia Publishing Course.
AAP Report Finds Students Are Still Spending Less on Course Materials
Amid a boom of options in formats and distribution of course-material options, a third of students’ spending on publishers’ content has evaporated.
Cengage Announces a Termination of Its McGraw-Hill Merger Agreement
The two major educational publishers announced an all-stock merger a year ago, but ran into regulatory issues and criticism around market dominance and pricing.