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As a college student, don’t even get me started on Pearson/Cengage. Terrible UX, horrible glitches, and the “access codes” which only exist to shake down studen
by applecrazy 6y ago
As a college student, don’t even get me started on Pearson/Cengage. Terrible UX, horrible glitches, and the “access codes” which only exist to shake down students for money and undermine the used textbook market.
- MattGaiser 6y agoWas you just a couple of years ago...
- HarryHirsch 6y agoComplain to your university. We outsource grading the weekly portion of homework to Pearson because there is no money for TA's. The alternative would be a fulltime position to administer a LONCAPA instance for the institution, but in the current financial climate that's an impossibility.
- DangitBobby 6y agoAccess codes that cannot be purchased independent of a textbook. The fact that these companies structure their "products" that way bothers me less than the fact that universities allow their students to be exploited by it. Learning that they don't actually care about my personal or financial wellbeing really disillusioned me to the whole college education system.
- lonelappde 6y agoUsing a Pearson-controlled compu-text is a very simple sign that the professor or administration (whoever has decision making power) is terrible and not worth attending.
- saagarjha 6y agoThat’s all well and good until you realize that the class is a graduation requirement and it’s not going to improve anytime soon.