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online textbooks compared to traditional textbooks. In order to use school budgets most efficiently, it is vital that funds are directed towards the most resourceful items for the students. As the state funding for public schools decreases, this becomes a more prominent concern. Tablets provide a simple fix to the need of a modern, cost saving solution. According to one resource, the average textbook costs $70 each, verse a 6 year subscription that costs between $38-$55 for an online textbook (Elliot

begun to create "e-textbooks" — textbooks that are available online to download. School administrators and educators have debated whether purchasing electronics for academic use is a more practical option to the physical alternative. While digital textbooks have many benefits, the challenges that arise as a result of their over-complicated nature make their implementation in schools less than ideal. Although numerous high school and college students claim that digital textbooks have revolutionized

Are you a college student who “breaks the bank” just satisfy a syllabus by purchasing a textbook that cost a small fortune? These are the time to take actions and explore possibilities by subsidizing or putting a stop to costly textbooks. College books are becoming so expensive that students are risking their grade by not purchasing one for the semester. This financial burden is common throughout the United States and there should be more programs to allow students to become successful without having

purpose of this report is to propose that the current textbook used in Organization & Administration CJC-215, does not allow students to achieve at full capacity. Rather, it creates undo stress for the student in his or her studies. This report will show some of the unnecessary adjustments that accompany, using the older edition. This report will consider other community colleges, and how they, as a general practice, handle assigning textbooks. As a supporting argument to the research, the report

largest student-run nonprofit organization, New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG). I worked on the “Making Textbooks More Affordable” campaign, which addressed the problem of prohibitively high textbooks prices. A survey that involved more than 2,000 college students in 33 states and 156 different campuses finds out that average student spends $1,200 each year on textbooks and supplies alone, which equals to 39 percent of tuition and fees at a community college, and 14 percent of tuition

With college textbooks on the rise, it is no surprise that college students are unable to purchase the appropriate textbooks for their courses or they are choosing alternative courses altogether. The cost of college textbooks has increased by an alarming amount of three times the rate of inflation, approximately 1,041 percent. The need for institutions of higher education to find ways to make textbooks more affordable to their students is stronger than ever. Unfortunately, most college and university

an entry middle class job, the need for textbooks in those college courses comes along with that. A common issue most college students are faced with is the high price of textbooks. When it comes to textbooks, there is a conflict of interest between the consumers and publishers. The textbook industry consists of five major publishers, McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pearson, Thomson Gale and Wiley. Combined they occupy over 80% of the college textbook market (Staff). As publishers, their goal

Textbooks are getting more expensive as the years go by, publishers add extra materials to raise prices, and new editions are published frequently, often with little to no real content change. These problems are even worse today, as the cost of books keeps rising to the point where some students will decline to take a class due to the cost of the material. A 2004 study by the California Student Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) along with the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group

BILL: ‘‘Affordable College Textbook Act’’ Bill: S.2176 — 114th Congress (2015-2016). A Bill used to expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve higher savings for students and help those who cannot pay for their books. The sponsor is Senator Durbin, Richard [D-IL] (Introduced 10/08/2015) By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. FRANKEN, and Mr. KING: The Committees are Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The Latest Action is on 10/08/2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee

One of the alternatives that may help reduce some of the costs are E-Books. E-Books, though originally proposed in the 1930 's, have been around since 1971 when Project Gutenberg was launched and in their modern form since the late 90 's. E-Books became a viable alternative to print books in 2007 with the launch of the Kindle (Bartram). Lower cost, portable, and easily searched, E-Books can replace traditional print texts on devices from the student 's laptop all the way over to the phone that