Quality in Educational Publishing

Actually, I was going to title this blog "Quality (Or Lack Thereof) in Educational Publishing"... but I decided to hold off on the cynicism.

Have you worked in educational publishing in America or Europe during the past few years?

If so, did you feel that your funding, production schedules, deadlines, wages, and quality standards were reasonable? Were you proud of the product your team produced?

Or was your reaction more like this: "How on earth can this publisher think that operating this way is going to produce a product remotely worthy of educating students?"

Quality Audit

If you chose the last answer, you might be interested in sharing your experiences in a new research project. (Gracias to Jen Murtoff for passing this along)

The following is taken directly from the researcher (Steve Ball)'s website:

Many experienced people in the academic and educational publishing sectors claim that there have been progressive erosions of important aspects of quality in the industry. These may affect, among other things, the value of the product, the credibility of publishers and ultimately the future of the industry itself.

Continue reading to learn more and anonymously submit your experiences.

http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/research/project/publishing_quality_audit/