EdBizWatch

College Textbook Prices Have Risen 1,041% Since 1977

Bureau of Labor Statistics show textbook prices have risen over 3x inflation 1977-2015.

College Textbook Prices Have Risen 1,041% Since 1977, Ben Popken, NBC

Boundless Partners With Top Hat

Company's new partnership will bring affordable educational content to 300K students.

Boundless Partners With Top Hat, Lauren Landry, BostInno

11 Boston-Area Ed-Tech Startups Poised to Make Noise in '14

Boston started seeing a natural ed-tech boom in 2012.

11 Boston-Area Ed-Tech Startups Poised to Make Noise in 2014, Lauren Landry, BostInno

Lessons from the Boundless Copyright Infringement Suit

Not much of a lesson for the OER community, but more one for the VC community.

Lessons from the Boundless Copyright Infringement Suit, Michael Feldstein, e-Literate

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: The Battle for "Open"

“Data” and “open” represent opposite directions in ed-tech: the former towards a consolidation of power; the latter towards its distribution.

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: The Battle for "Open," Audrey Watters, Hack Education

Boundless Settles Copyright Dispute with Publishers

Co evolved to include study tools & a “proprietary process for publishing our textbooks.” 

Boundless Settles Copyright Dispute with Publishers, Christina Farr, VentureBeat

Can Boundless Finally End the Paper Textbook?

Boundless has organized free digital resources aligned to popular textbooks in 21 subjects. 

Can Boundless Finally End the Paper Textbook? Anya Kamenetz, Hechinger Report

Knowillage Bought by Desire2Learn, Terms Undisclosed

3rd acquisition this year is Vancouver-based adaptive learning startup, Knowillage.

Desire2Learn Continues Shopping Spree, Snaps Up Knowillage, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM

Can B-Corps Help Overcome Industry Distrust of Ed Startups?

19 states passed laws letting companies incorporate as a Benefit Corporation, or B Corp.

Can B-Corps Help Overcome Industry Distrust of Ed Startups? Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM

Startups Are About to Blow Up the Textbook

Why would a school pay $80 for a textbook when it could pay around $5 or less?

Startups Are About to Blow Up the Textbook, Scott Olster, Fortune

Boundless Hits Back

Facing suit from Pearson, Cengage & Macmillan, the open textbook co. requests trial by jury.

In Lawsuit with Publishers, Boundless Hits Back, Ki Mae Heussner, paidContent

Boundless Used By Students at over 50% of US Colleges

They created “SmartNotes,” condensing textbooks into essential key points, terms & examples. 

Boundless Used By Students at over 50% of the US Colleges, Lauren Landry, BostInno

Are Free Online Textbooks Just Another Napster?

Boundless makes virtual textbook editions from open-source content. Publishers object.

Higher Learning or Another Napster, Curt Nickisch, WBUR

Boundless Raises $8 Million from Venrock, Others

Boundless curates OER and other free content into "open textbooks." 

Textbook Replacement Service Boundless Raises $8M, Sarah Mitroff, Venture Beat