Collaborative Partners

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) clears the path to integrated data and information, accelerates knowledge, and advances copyright. It builds solutions that combine licensing, content, software, and professional services to advance the way people integrate, access, and share information.

OpenStax course materials are the most widely used OER textbooks in the world. The books are always free in digital format and are also available at a low cost in full-color hardcover and black-and-white paperback print formats through XanEdu as its preferred print partner. The OpenStax mission is to improve educational access and learning for everyone.

Through campus store operations and more, Barnes & Noble College is an academic, retail, and research partner. BNC serves 6 million+ students, parents, alumni, fans, and faculty at 1,400+ higher ed and K-12 schools nationwide.

Follett is a leading provider of education technology, services, and print and digital content. As higher education's largest campus retailer and a hub for school spirit and community, Follett operates nearly 1,200 local campus stores and more than 1,600 virtual stores.

The National Association of College Stores (NACS) is the professional trade association of the $10 billion campus store industry. NACS represents nearly 4,000 campuses in the U.S. and Canada and approximately 1,000 companies that supply goods and services to campus stores.

XanEdu is Louisiana’s exclusive unit reader partner. LDOE selected XanEdu because unit readers consist of a wide range of publishers’ copyrighted materials that require permission for use. XanEdu has taken care of all of that work for you!

Elsevier S&T publishes a wide range of innovative and award-winning textbooks for undergraduate, graduate, and professional courses, many of which also serve as foundational references for those no longer studying. It publishes under long-established imprints such as Academic Press, Butterworth-Heinemann, and Morgan Kaufmann and drives the advancement and application of science and technology through the delivery of targeted, reliable information to support research, learning, and professional practice.

The academic association that represents the executive MBA (EMBA) industry, the Executive MBA Council (EMBAC) advances the cause of EMBA programs by serving as a facilitator of best practice sharing and knowledge dissemination and fostering an inclusive and diverse community among high-quality programs.

The MBA Roundtable is a global association of business schools that uses a collaborative approach to research and share innovations and information about curricular issues in graduate management education. MBA Roundtable informs and inspires curricular and program innovation in MBA programs worldwide.