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Next week, Hadfield and Grimeland plan to make sourcebook articles accessible by linking their tables of contents to Harvard Library’s E-Resources...
...sight. Reading period is more relaxed and with spring finally sprung, exams just don’t evoke the same freaking-out they once did. Find a spot of lawn around the Yard on which to tan while reading your sourcebook. Watch out for hydroseed—it makes the squirrels concupiscent...
...revolutionary.” Mankiw seems to have largely stuck to that goal, keeping the basic structure of Ec 10 the same. But in the interview this week, he pointed to further changes that will make students more reliant on the Internet. The course’s $60 sourcebook will be eliminated next year in favor of a free online compilation of readings. According to Mankiw, the Ec 10 staff began considering change after members of the Undergraduate Council told The Crimson that all the articles in the current Ec 10 sourcebook were available for free through the Harvard College...
...students have paid twice for the copyright to some course materials, once in their termbills to pay for the library’s access to electronic resources, and once when they purchase a course pack, which can carry a hefty price tag. Next semester, materials in the Ec 10 sourcebook will be linked to online, where they are available to students at no additional charge. The sourcebook, which was singled out in the UC’s report, costs $60. UC Student Affairs Committee Chair Ryan A. Petersen ’08 called the response from the administration...
...reduced if students are provided links to online resources that the College has already paid for, according to UC members. The students would then be able to forgo buying the reading in a printed coursepack and thus avoid paying the copyright fee a second time. The Ec 10 sourcebook, they said, costs $60 at the Harvard Coop, but all 30 of the readings can be accessed online for no charge.Administrators, though, cautioned that many readings are not available through online resources. They agreed with the UC members, however, that a widespread effort to increase awareness and train teachers...