In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin summarize the current issues surrounding proposed changes to “inclusive access programs” for digital instructional materials and how this affects the affordability work of digital education professionals.

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• Single-Question 2024 TOPcast Listener Poll
• (In Inside Higher Ed): “Biden Administration Looks to Clamp Down on Inclusive Access”
• (From InclusiveAccess.org): “Department of Education Tackles Textbook Billing in Negotiated Rulemaking”
• (From WCET Frontiers Blog): “Major Changes to Distance Ed Proposed: Department of Education Back to Rulemaking Table”
• (From Phil Hill on Twitter): Annotated news item about McGraw-Hill and Inclusive Access
• (In On EdTech Newsletter): “Faulty Logic – Updating my thinking about ED plans for 2024”
• (From SPARC): “Decoding Inclusive Access”
• Related Past TOPcast Episodes
  • #11: “Getting to the Goal of Going Textbook Free”
  • #51: “How Can We Make Textbooks More Affordable for Students?”
  • #70: “Student Access to Digital Materials During COVID and Beyond”
  • #82: “Fostering Large Scale OER Adoption”

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