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Textbooks
 Websites presented in alphabetical order College Textbooks: Enhanced Offerings Appear to Drive Recent Price Increases 
 This 2005 government report considers changes in college textbook prices and what factors have contributed to these changes (such as CD-ROMs and other instructional supplements). The report notes that "in the last two decades, college textbook prices have increased at twice the rate of inflation but have followed close behind tuition increases." Includes a summary and the full text, with diagrams and charts. From the Government Accountability Office (GAO). http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/abstract.php?rptno=GAO-05-806 Topics: College and University Education Last updated Oct 8, 2007 Make Textbooks Affordable.com
Website for a national student campaign to reduce college textbook costs. Features a discussion of why textbooks are expensive (such as new editions and supplementary material), suggestions for finding cheaper books and saving money (such as buying or renting online), reports on topics such as publishers' pricing tactics, and links to news about legislative activity. A joint campaign of various student organizations throughout the U.S. http://www.maketextbooksaffordable.org/ Topics: College and University Education Last updated Oct 10, 2007 Study on the Affordability of College Textbooks
Full text and accompanying material for the May 2007 report "Turn the Page: Making College Textbooks More Affordable." Topics discussed include strengthening the market for used textbooks, increasing library resources, adopting alternatives that lower prices (such as buying consortiums), implementing textbook rental programs, improving financial aid, and utilizing 21st century technology (such as online and electronic textbooks). From the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, U.S. Department of Education. http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/acsfa/edlite-txtbkstudy.html Topics: College and University Education Last updated Aug 25, 2008 Wikibooks
"Wikibooks is a Wikimedia community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit." Searchable, or brows by topic, featured book, or other factors. Also includes links to Wikijunior (non-fiction books for children from birth to age 12), textbooks in "simple English," and books in languages other than English. http://en.wikibooks.org/ Topics: College and University Education, K-12 Education Last updated Dec 2, 2008 |
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