- by Noah Miller
- January 24 2018
- education
- education funding
- education market
- instructional materials
What's Driving College Course Materials in 2018 & Beyond?
Several forces are at work in the U.S. market for higher education instructional materials, which Simba Information believes likely will have a long-term impact on the role of course materials in colleges and universities in the coming years.
- by Karen Meaney
- October 31 2017
- Ed tech
- education market
- educational television
- instructional materials
Trends in the World Languages Instructional Materials Market

Instructional materials for high school world language learning represent a $150 million dollar market opportunity, according to EMC school, a major instructional materials market competitor.
- by Noah Miller
- October 18 2017
- digital learning
- education market
- instructional materials
- online education
The Digital Transformation of College Course Materials
New print textbooks are no longer the dominant format of higher education course materials, as covered in Simba's new report, State of College Course Materials 2016-2017
- by Karen Meaney
- October 17 2017
- education market
- instructional materials
- prek-12 market
- publishing
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Builds Executive Team
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt appointed new executives in October who will report directly to president and CEO Jack Lynch.
- by Karen Meaney
- October 12 2017
- education funding
- education market
- instructional materials
- k-12
- K-12 products
Benchmark in LA and Other Adoption News

Benchmark Education (New Rochelle, NY) took the K-5 schools in Los Angeles by storm this year in the elementary adoption of English language arts programs.
- by Kathy Mickey
- September 29 2017
- courseware
- education market
- instructional materials
- open access books
The Affordable Textbook Act is Reintroduced
Conjuring up Jack Nicholson in “The Shining” or repetitive efforts to repeal The Affordable Care Act, The Affordable College Textbook Act was re-introduced September 26 in Congress
- by Kathy Mickey
- August 23 2017
- education
- education market
- educational technology
- instructional materials
Why Instructional Materials Need to Personalize Learning

After more than a decade of big changes dictated by Washington, D.C., states are now re-asserting their individual goals.
- by Kathy Mickey
- August 1 2017
- education
- education market
- instructional materials
B&N Ed Signs on to Anti-Counterfeit Initiative

Barnes & Noble Education (Basking Ridge, NJ) signed on to a college publisher initiative to counteract counterfeits of print textbooks on July 31
- by Noah Miller
- April 21 2017
- digital learning
- education
- education market
- instructional materials
Three Course Materials Changes College Publishers Should Know About

The idea of a ‘traditional’ higher education is changing with declining enrollment rates, students’ preference for technology, and open education resources that threaten the market’s older publishers.
- by Kathy Mickey
- February 8 2017
- education
- education market
- instructional materials
- textbooks
Amid Disruption, Publishers Shift Strategies in Higher Ed Market

Disruption has been a key descriptive term for the higher education market in the United States for several years. The term continued to be apt in 2016 and remains viable as the market heads into 2017, according to Simba Information’s new College Course Materials Market Trends & Forecast 2016.