Pricing Shifts by Blackboard and WebCT Cost Some Colleges Much More

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Some academic-technology officials say they're experiencing sticker shock over recent pricing changes by Blackboard and WebCT, two of the leading providers of course-management software. Colleges that until recently paid a few thousand dollars a year for the companies' products -- which help professors build course Web sites and handle...

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