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Report Released by U.S. GAO Demonstrates the Need for Open Textbooks
by billy-meinke Open EducationBooks /John Liu / CC BY A report issued by the United States Government Accountability Office on June 6th confirms a trend of the educational publishing industry: textbook costs to students at higher education institutions are rising 6% per year on average, and have risen 82% over the last decade. The study, ordered by Congress,…