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Despite predictions of their demise, college textbooks aren't going away

  • Written by Norm Friesen, Professor, Boise State University
While textbooks have been said to be on their way, they are still a mainstay in higher education.SayHope/www.shutterstock.com

The textbook has been declared dead many times over. Progressive educator John Dewey decried the “text-book fetish” back in the 1890s. Former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan wished out loud for textbooks to...

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