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Richard G. Baraniuk, 2021 Prize Winner

    Higher Education
    C. Sidney Burrus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Founder and Director, OpenStax
    Rice University

    Engineer, education entrepreneur, and researcher Dr. Richard Baraniuk, the 2021 McGraw Prize winner in Higher Education, has revolutionized college textbook publishing by putting free and open-source books in the hands of tens of millions of students and faculty across the United States and world. As founder and director of OpenStax, the nonprofit educational and scholarly publishing project he founded in 1999, Baraniuk and his team address a major but often hidden barrier to college affordability: college textbooks that can cost hundreds of dollars apiece. OpenStax is grant funded and sustained and scaled by a novel ecosystem of ed-tech companies. Baraniuk has inspired hundreds of education entrepreneurs, who link to his work and create additional innovative tools. Baraniuk is the C. Sidney Burrus Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University.

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    On-Demand Webinar

    Open Education Resources (OER) as Disruptive Innovation

    Professor Baraniuk discusses the past, present, and future of the open access education movement, from Connexions to Coursera, and from OpenStax College to edX.

    Winner Video Bio

    Pushing the boundaries on personalized learning

    Engineer, entrepreneur, and researcher Dr. Richard G. Baraniuk (Rice University), the 2021 McGraw Prize winner in Higher Education, has pushed the boundaries on personalized learning and revolutionized college publishing by putting free and open-source books in the hands of tens of millions of students and faculty worldwide through OpenStax.

    Event

    2021 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Celebration

    We celebrate the 2021 winners Douglas H. and Lynn S. Fuchs (AIR, Vanderbilt), Richard Baraniuk (Rice), and Carol D. Lee (Northwestern) whose work in preK–12 education, higher education, and learning science research are making a huge difference in the lives of students.

    Headshots of the 2021 McGraw Prize Winners

    Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Announces 2021 Winners

    This year’s winners, announced today by the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, are Richard Baraniuk, Doug and Lynn Fuchs, and Carol D. Lee. Each is recognized for their achievements in higher education, preK-12 education, and learning science research respectively.