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High textbook costs sending college students elsewhere during studies - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

High textbook costs sending college students elsewhere during studies ZOE SEILER, JACE NEUGEBAUER, LAUREN WADE and K. RAMBO IowaWatch.org May 21, 2018 ... read more

high-textbook-prices-affect-student-grades-study-shows - USA TODAY

Out of more than 2,000 students surveyed, 65% said they did not buy a textbook at some point during college because of the cost. Of those, 94% said this choice made them concerned about their grade. read more

What's behind the soaring cost of college textbooks

Of course, the problem with the high and rapidly rising cost of textbooks isn't new. In 2006, the Advisory Committee for Student Financial Assistance reported that textbook prices had risen 186 ... read more

GRCC seeks to lower textbook costs for students with new partnership

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Grand Rapids Community College has entered into a new partnership to lower textbook costs for students, officials say. GRCC has partnered with Rice University's OpenStax program ... read more

College textbooks are too expensive, say students, and they want other options

More than 65 percent of college students say they have not bought a textbook because of its high price and nearly half say that textbook costs can dictate whether they take a course, according to ... read more

Cutting costs for college students - KSLA News 12

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Sending your college-aged child back to school can be three times as expensive as sending school-aged students into the classroom. According to recent studies — parents spend ... read more

Students get creative with textbook costs - Yale Daily News

After buying textbooks at the Yale Bookstore during his first semester at Yale, Liu said that he searched elsewhere this semester to find a better deal. He got books from upper-level students who had ... read more

Washtenaw Community College students save $10 million in textbook costs with OER program

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Washtenaw Community College’s (WCC) program to help students earn degrees, certificates and general education credits with little or no textbook costs has recently ... read more

Report: High Textbook Prices Have College Students Struggling - U.S. News & World Report

The soaring cost of college textbooks is affecting students throughout the nation, to the point where some forgo purchasing books, despite the fact their grades could be in jeopardy. In a survey ... read more

An Ann Arbor college saved its students $10M in textbook costs

ANN ARBOR, MI - A Washtenaw Community College program has saved students $10.1 million on textbooks since 2017. The Open Educational Resources program provides WCC students degrees or certificates ... read more

How Access Codes Keep College-Textbook Costs High - The Atlantic

“Open 101: An Action Plan for Affordable Textbooks,” the new paper by Student PIRGs, compares textbook costs for 10 college classes, including Algebra, Biology 1, and United States Government ... read more

College students avoid courses with high textbook costs - Inside Higher Ed

Data from Bay View Analytics found the price of textbooks and other class materials has negatively impacted many students’ ability to enroll in courses or resulted in a nonpassing grade. Over half of ... read more