Arizona State’s deal with Cengage raises questions about the learning technology agreements that colleges strike, especially around how they affect student costs.
The university previously insisted it hadn’t received payment from the publisher, according to The Arizona Republic, but a contract obtained by the newspaper shows the Arizona State shared revenue with Cengage from its deal on economics textbooks.
The contract stipulated for the first year — from spring 2017 to spring 2018 — the university would keep $21 of the $100 purchase price, after which it kept $1.
