US rage at textbook price hike

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Rising costs of university textbooks after multinational firms gained almost-monopolies on the business has started to anger state legislature and the US Congress along with students and parents. Dave Rosenfield, coordinator of the Student Public Interest Research Group's (PIRG) Campaign for Affordable Textbooks, has said that textbook prices have rocketed and the publication of new editions has speeded up.

United Kingdom, Commodity & service prices, Book publishing, Book Publishers, Textbooks, Prices and rates, Political aspects, Company pricing policy

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Enticing the public with a private plan

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Issues concerning the marketization of higher education in the United States and in Europe are discussed. Particular attention is given to agreements by which management provisions are provided by profit organizations to universities and to connections between science and business.

United States, Management, Europe, Economic policy, Education, Higher, Higher education, Business and education, Industry and education

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Spy paranoia hits research

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US universities report that new regulations due to a spy scare which classify space-related research as "military" are affecting their research programmes as foreign students now need a special licence to be involved.

Social aspects, Study and teaching, Space sciences, Students, Foreign, Foreign students, Security classification (Government documents)

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