Report: Make Textbooks Affordable

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Report: Make Textbooks Affordable
Ethan Senack, Robert Donoghue, Student PIRGs, 2016/02/08

I'll just quote the key findings from this report (24 page PDF) and let them speak for themselves:

• Almost one-third (30%) of students replied that they had used financial aid to pay for their textbooks.
• For those that used financial aid, the amount of financial aid dollars they put toward purchasing textbooks was more than $300 on average per semester.
• Textbook prices disproportionately impact community college students. More...