Textbooks, those long-entrenched staples of classrooms, could soon be pushed from their place of prominence by a high-tech alternative: online lessons that can be downloaded, customized and updated — ...

In the academic world, professors and faculty often meet with representatives of textbook publishers. These book reps like to stop by, or send an email, every so often to ask what my colleagues and I ...

College student Caitlin Ryen works two jobs to support herself and pay tuition at South Florida Community College. When a new semester rolls around, that usually means choosing which textbooks to buy, ...

Physics textbooks in some Virginia public schools are so outdated that instruction on the physics of television does not include LCD or plasma technologies and stops with the cathode ray tube.

At the introductory level, student typically study classical mechanics and electricity and magnetism (EM). The upper level physics courses focus on quantum mechanics and then more advanced versions of ...

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT (publ. 2/4/2015, pg. A4) A story about free online educational resources displacing textbooks incorrectly reported the location of Design Tech High charter school.The ...

Students can generally rent a textbook for between 33% and 55% of the cost of a new printed text, according to the NACS. Most college bookstores offer a service through which students can rent course ...