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Why Skills Are Becoming the New Measure of Workforce Readiness
In 2022, Delaware’s Department of Human Resources went through its Family Service Specialist job postings and replaced the bachelor’s degree requirement with a line about relevant work experience. Applications went up 575 per cent. That number says less about the degree requirement than about who was already there: people doing adjacent work, capable of the job, invisible to the hiring process because the posting was…
Open Education Week at Pressbooks
Join Us for Open Education Week We’re excited to announce the sessions that Pressbooks will be running during Open Education Week. Open Education Week is a global event run by…
Pressbooks’ Reference Guide for the Open Education Journey
>>> Download the Open Education Reference Guide Supporting and Sharing the Open Education Journey At Pressbooks, we’re proud to support people and organizations at all levels of maturity in their…
Growing Up: A Maturity Model for Open Education
One of the most exciting things about the open education movement today is also at times one of the most maddening things: it’s still growing up. Although Wikipedia dates the…
Pressbooks Community Impact: 2023
We’ve reached that time of year where we look back on everything we achieved within the past 12 months: what did we accomplish, what did we learn, what impact did…
Out and About: Fall 2023 Conference Season Takeaways
As a rule, people in higher education love a good conference: it’s where sharing, networking, friendship-building, and collaboration happen. Pressbooks was thrilled to attend and sponsor two in person events…
Pressbooks Success Story: Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD)
Growing the impact of a trail-blazing program to lower the cost of education and improve the quality of learning materials Quick Facts • Consortium of 10 community colleges in Maricopa…
How eCampusOntario Helps Students Thrive with Pressbooks
eCampusOntario • Large consortium/non-profit serving 50+ public colleges and universities across Ontario, Canada• Pressbooks user since 2017• Published 2,900+ books as of June 2023 eCampusOntario’s Pressbooks story in brief
Announcing a Pressbooks – EBSCO Partnership to Improve Discoverability for Books in Pressbooks Directory
We’re pleased to announce a new partnership between Pressbooks and EBSCO to make open-access books published with Pressbooks discoverable via EBSCO’s Faculty Select and EDS services.
How Pressbooks Became a Great Place to Work®
To qualify as a Great Place to Work®, the Trust Index© Score threshold is 65%. We scored 93%. I want to reflect on how we got here so we can keep pushing ourselves forward and encourage other organizations to put themselves to the test.