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.

So what is it about textbooks that you really hate and what examples can you think of that made a textbook successful? What should I avoid and what should I try to include?

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.

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.

The quick answer from this experiment is that we saw no definitive correlation, but there is little sign that the free downloads hurt sales. More than 180,000 copies were downloaded from Jeremy's mirror (which is one of five!), yet the book has still been quite successful, selling almost 19,000 copies in a year and a half. This is quite good for a technical book these days -- the book comes in at #23 on our lifetime-to-date sales list for the "class of 2005" (books published in 2005) despite being released at the end of September.

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The legislation recommends college bookstores to give faculty members an estimate of textbooks costs for each course. It also suggests that textbooks packaged together be available for individual purchase as well. The bill's recommendations mirror suggestions made by the Board of Regents after its textbook price study.

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Requires publishers informing teachers at institutions of higher education about textbooks or supplements in their subject areas to include written information concerning: (1) the price the publisher would charge the bookstore associated with such institution for such items; (2) any history of revisions for such items; and (3) whether such items are available in other formats, including paperback and unbound, and the price the publisher would charge the bookstore for items in those formats. Requires a publisher that sells a textbook and any accompanying supplement as a single bundled item also to sell them separately and unbundled. Directs federally-assisted institutions of higher education to include on printed or internet course schedules the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and retail price for each required or recommended textbook or supplement for listed courses. Requires such institutions to provide sellers of textbooks (other than publishers) that meet their requirements with: (1) their course schedules for the subsequent academic period; (2) the ISBN for each textbook or supplement required or recommended for each course; and (3) the number of students enrolled, and the maximum enrollment, in each course.

Or the little slackers who opt not to buy the textbook at the beginning of the semester without checking to see if the library even has one copy of that textbook and then come up to me asking for it. I love telling them that we don't buy the textbook for core classes and seeing the look of sheer panic on their faces the day before finals. Ah, but these little happy moments are not enough to sustain me through one more summer of this place

I do think is that academic librarians will want to be alert to where Pearson heads with this purchase of eCollege. If your institution takes a closer look at whatever CMS product this publisher brings to the marketplace, it would be advisable to get a librarian on the committee that evaluates the CMS to determine in what ways, if any, Pearson is bundling add-ons like Research Navigator into the product. These databases simply duplicate what the academic library offers, and often just add unnecessarily to the product’s price.

A recent study at the University of Minnesota suggests that ceiling height affects problem-solving skills and behavior by priming concepts that encourage certain kinds of brain processing. "Priming means a concept gets activated in a person's head," researcher Joan Meyers-Levy told LiveScience. "When people are in a room with a high ceiling, they activate the idea of freedom. In a low-ceilinged room, they activate more constrained, confined concepts.

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Blueberries

Blueberries contain a high level of antioxidants, more than spinach, beets, and blackberries. Antioxidants protect the body against damage from oxidative stress which inhibits cognitive function. You can buy them frozen and they make great snack. Find them in your local grocery store for under $00.30 an ounce.

Fish

Some love it, I don't, but if you are looking for brain food you can't ignore fish. The fatty acids found in fish oil keep proving in study after study to have positive effects on brain power. You don't have to fillet a trout or hook a mackerel to get the benefits of these brain boosting fatty acids, 3-4 capsules of fish oil should work. You can find the capsules at all major pharmacies and grocery outlets.

Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12 is a must-have on the list. One study showed 2 out of 5 people have below normal levels of B12. Skip this vitamin and expect memory loss, balance disturbances and reduced sensation in the limbs, none of which are good for learning. This vitamin is found primarily in meat but is hard to digest so consider using a supplement.

Water

You don't have to drown yourself but do have a glass a couple times a day. About 80% of the brain is made of water (not soda) so keeping it well hydrated is important. Dehydration can lead to headaches and fatigue, which can further inhibit brain function.

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When Purdue University senior Marcos Kohler skipped a physics class to attend a concert in Chicago, he didn't have to borrow a classmate's notes to catch up.Instead, he connected his iPod to a computer, downloaded the lecture, and from the comfort of a campus coffee shop, listened to the two-hour discussion on particle physics

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