Special Report
Close-Up on Courseware

Sam Green for The Chronicle
The risk to students when instructors adopt one-stop learning platforms.
Outsourcing Instruction
Full of features that can substitute for teaching and largely unregulated, the technology is ripe for misuse.
Hidden Costs of College
Advocates argue that learners shouldn’t have to pay extra for products so they can complete and submit their homework.
Student Privacy
Using courseware has become unavoidable. So has giving up information.
A version of this package appeared in the Aug. 4, 2023 issue.