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Questions you shouldn't ask your professor
06/07/2007
Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, provides these Top Ten No Sympathy Lines (Plus a Few Extra) which is a list of his answers to common student questions. A good one from the list... Do I Need to Know This? You can survive without the things you learn in college. People survive scrounging out of dumpsters and sleeping in doorways. If you want to talk about quality of life, we need to be a bit more demanding. Top Ten No Sympathy Lines (Plus a Few Extra) via NoodleFood.org
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Don't mess with librarians...ever
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Why are textbook prices rising at 6% per year?
06/07/2007
An Inside Higher Ed article on the New Federal report that covers the "rising cost of textbooks" People have provided many good comments on this post with different insights on why textbooks cost what they cost. A sample from screename UCprof It’s interesting that the GAO report showed a 6% yearly rise in the cost of textbooks between 1986 and 2004, compared to a 7% rise in tuition and fees. One wonders why congress isn’t investigating those much larger and more significant increases. Next Chapter on Textbooks
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Follow up: Textbook-free high school experiment
06/07/2007
A few years back, a public high school in Arizona decided to stop using textbooks and instead provided each child with a laptop. NPR follows up on the lessons learned from the experiment. Textbook-Free: Checking In at Laptop High (about a 5 minute audio clip)
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Book and Textbook buyer guide
06/07/2007
We just listed our first Textbook Buyers Guide on ebay. The list is composed of 50,000 ISBNs that are curently selling for $25.00 on amazon marketplace. The list is compiled from different sources including our own site. The minimum bid is $100.00. The list has been very valuable to us. We use it for research, PPC marketing and much more. We are testing how much demand (if any) there is for a list of popular ISBNs that are primarily textbooks and in demand NOW. We think the list would be great for... PPC marketers Textbook buyers Online book sellers Textbook marketplace companies Publishers Textbook sellers Bookstores If you have any questions about the list please do not hesitate to contact us as service@directtextbook.com
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