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Textbook Broke: Textbook Affordability as a Social Justice Issue

Journal of Interactive Media in Education
Volume 2020 (2020): Issue 1
By: J. Jacob Jenkins,  Luis A. Sánchez,  Megan A. K. Schraedley,  Jaime Hannans,  Nitzan Navick and  Jade Young  
Open Access
|May 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.549 | Journal eISSN: 1365-893X
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Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 10, 2019
Accepted on: Feb 21, 2020
Published on: May 11, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
OER,
open education resources,
student equity,
redistributive justice,
Hispanic Serving Institution

© 2020 J. Jacob Jenkins, Luis A. Sánchez, Megan A. K. Schraedley, Jaime Hannans, Nitzan Navick, Jade Young, published by Ubiquity Press
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