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| | Previous Entries | | | Overstock Coupon: Buy $45.00 or more get 10% off |
| 07/31/2007 |
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| | | Judging Books by Their Covers - Corruption in Textbook Adoption |
| 07/04/2007 |
This is an interesting article from 1999 on textbook adoption, and whether it's 100% true or not, it points out how much it would help to not officially adopt a single textbook at all.
If the material were being taught capably, the textbook itself would be secondary, students could choose either by price or by style or by whatever criteria they chose. |
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| | | Myth of sky rocketing textbook costs |
| 06/14/2007 |
State and federal legislatures are on the move attempting to lower the cost of college by attacking the price of textbooks. Jim Minatel has a different take on how to help students save on the total cost of college. He has a nice breakdown comparing the effects of inflation on college tuition compared to the effect of inflation on textbooks. He comes to this conclusion...
So yes, while both college and textbook costs are rising faster than inflation, and certainly faster than my wages or those of anyone I know, if you want to do something real about the money being stolen from you to pay for the cost of entry for your kids into the "real world," attack the elephant in the room that costing you $4000-$15,000 a year over what "the real world" says it should. The few hundred a year you might save if textbook costs were held down to inflation rates are chump change in this equation, or beer money for our beloved, departed Tommy's Silver Dollar Saloon.
The whole post here "The Myths of Sky rocketing Textbook Costs" |
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| | | Oregon legislation aimed at lowering textbook costs |
| 06/14/2007 |
More on Oregon's bill
A bill that won final legislative approval Wednesday will require publishers to be clearer about prices and options for college textbooks, the cost of which can burden students and parents.
Senate Bill 365 repassed the Senate on a 17-11 vote and heads to the desk of Gov. Ted Kulongoski. It was requested by the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group and the Oregon Student Association. |
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