Are Private Universities Exempt from Student Concerns About Textbook Costs? A Survey of Students at American University

Lindsay Murphy; David Rose

Open Praxis Vol. 10, No. 3 (Nov 14, 2018) pp. 289–303

A survey conducted in the fall of 2015 at American University in Washington, DC shows that rising textbook prices similarly affect students at an expensive private university as those at community colleges and state schools. Research on high...

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From Open Educational Resources to College Credit: The Approaches of Saylor Academy

John Hilton III; Lindsay Murphy; Devon Ritter

Open Praxis Vol. 6, No. 4 (Nov 11, 2014) pp. 365–374

Over the past decade great progress has been made in improving the availability of Open Educational Resources (OER). However, one area in which OER has been deficient is in its ability to lead to college or university credit, something that many...