Rice's OpenStax Institutional Partner Program to offer expanded benefits
OpenStax, Rice University’s education technology initiative, today opened applications for its 2020-2021 Institutional Partner Program. The deadline to apply is June 25.
HOUSTON – (June 1, 2020) – OpenStax, Rice University’s education technology initiative, today opened applications for its 2020-2021 Institutional Partner Program. The deadline to apply is June 25.
In response to COVID-19, OpenStax sees surge in new users
In response to COVID-19, a surge of new students, faculty and schools are signing up to use free online texts and learning materials from Rice-based publisher OpenStax.
HOUSTON – (March 19, 2020) – The Rice University-based nonprofit OpenStax is responding to COVID-19 by helping students nationwide navigate their online courses and supporting faculty as they quickly transition to online course delivery.
Forced purchasing won’t promote textbook affordability, says OpenStax expert
HOUSTON – (March 10, 2020) – Higher education faculty are increasingly accepting and even preferring digital learning materials, especially as concerns grow about the cost of traditional textbooks, according to a new study, "Inflection Point: Educational Resources in U.S. Higher Education, 2019."