NYTimes: Getting Out of Discount Game, Small Colleges Lower the Price

Many institutions that charge high tuition but also offer steep discounts are rethinking the allure of that model. http://nyti.ms/1cpDuHN


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Westfield State University

Leominster High, Mount Wachusett Community Collge solve age-old math riddle - Sentinel & Enterprise

http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/news/ci_24747589/leominster-high-mount-wachusett-community-collge-solve-age

Jim Clifton and Mitch Daniels: A Real Measure of Higher Ed Success - WSJ.com

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304403804579261893126434068


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Data Mining Exposes Embarrassing Problems for Massive Open Online Courses | MIT Technology Review

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/522816/data-mining-exposes-embarrassing-problems-for-massive-open-online-courses/


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O.E.C.D. Warns West on Education Gaps - NYTimes.com

O.E.C.D. Warns West on Education Gaps - NYTimes.com

Student Debt Load Found to Vary by College and State - NYTimes.com

Student Debt Load Found to Vary by College and State - NYTimes.com:

Measuring the Wealth Effect in Education - NYTimes.com

Measuring the Wealth Effect in Education - NYTimes.com

Why some small colleges are in big trouble

http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2013/04/13/are-small-private-colleges-trouble/ndlYSWVGFAUjYVVWkqnjfK/story.html

Colleges closing

http://hechingerreport.org/content/higher-education-is-headed-for-a-shakeout-analysts-warn_12996/

Who Says Math Has to Be Boring? - NYTimes.com

Who Says Math Has to Be Boring? - NYTimes.com:

2013 American ingenuity awards

Dec2013,Smithsonian.com

Open Textbooks FAQ - BCcampus OpenEd Resources

http://open.bccampus.ca/open-textbook-faq/

Open Textbook Library

https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/

Rice University OpenStax College--Textbook Titles Available

http://openstaxcollege.org/faculty

Open Textbook Adoption & Use

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