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CSUN student petitioning for textbook companies to lower prices
Make Textbooks Affordable Daily Sundial Sunday, November 27, 2011Braulio CamposTired of the rising cost of education?CTVA major Marcos Castro said that’s why he’s looking for signatures for a petition...
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Everyone knows that textbooks costs are out of control. The average student spends $900 per year, and prices are rising four times the rate of inflation!It’s no accident that textbooks are so...
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Groups target textbook prices to rein in college costs
Student PIRGs Make Textbooks Affordable USA Today Friday, February 17, 2012Mary Beth MarkleinA push to create free or inexpensive textbooks is gaining momentum as educators, philanthropists and...
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Tips to Save on Textbooks
TextbooksEven though students are stuck paying publishers' outrageous prices, you do have a few tools to reduce how much you spend. Being a smart consumer could save you hundreds of dollars every...
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Make Textbooks Affordable: Recommendations to Faculty
Textbooks How to Minimize Costs For Students 1. Consider cost when selecting textbooksSince professors are in charge of selecting textbooks, their choices determine how much students pay. Cost is just...
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Federal Textbook Price Disclosure Law
Textbooks Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 The HEOA, short for the Higher Education Opportunity Act, is a higher education reform bill passed by Congress in 2008. Among the many provisions in...
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Big Day for Open Education!
Monday, March 5, 2012Nicole AllenToday was a big day in the movement for free and open textbooks! A conference call featuring U.S. Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter, CALPIRG textbook...
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Textbooks Project Packet
Textbooks Spring 2013 Want to join the fight to make textbooks affordable? Download this resource for everything you need to know to organize the textbooks campaign on your campus.For more...
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CALPIRG Illinois Times Saturday, September 22, 2012Jim HightowerIn recent weeks, on campuses all across America, students have been enrolling in university. Ah, what an experience — the camaraderie of...
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For Immediate Release Wednesday, July 24, 2013Nicole AllenBOSTON (July 24, 2013) -- As students across the country prepare to return to campus this fall, textbooks remain one of the priciest items on...
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Fixing the Broken Textbook Market
Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund and the Student PIRGs Release date: Monday, January 27, 2014NATIONAL Fixing Broken Textbooks Report1.pdfThe cost of college textbooks has skyrocketed in recent...
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Everyone knows that textbooks prices are outrageous. Students spend an average of $1,200 a year on textbooks and course materials, and prices have been rising more than for times the rate of inflation...
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CALPIRG Make Textbooks Affordable Vallejo Times-Herald Tuesday, April 1, 2014Sarah RohrsFor a college student on a budget, forking over $200 for one textbook can be a major burden. To get books they...
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Latest NewsWednesday, August 20, 2014Ethan SenackOur recent Twitter action #textbookbroke was seen by almost 300,000 people. Textbook prices were written about hundreds of times in newspapers and other...
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U.S. PIRG Make Textbooks Affordable Deseret News National Thursday, October 16, 2014Deborah SuttonBefore entering the classroom of an intro-level economics course, students get a real-life experience...
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Open Textbooks: The Billion Dollar Solution
Released by: Student PIRGs Release date: Tuesday, February 24, 2015REPORT: Open Textbooks: The Billion-Dollar SolutionThe Billion Dollar Solution.pdfAccording to the College Board, the average...
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For Immediate Release Tuesday, February 24, 2015Ethan SenackWashington, DC (February 24th) – Today, a report released by the Student PIRGs shows that open textbooks – an alternative to the traditional...
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Open Textbooks - The Billion Dollar Solution
Released by: CALPIRG and other Student PIRGs Release date: Tuesday, February 24, 2015The Billion Dollar Solution.pdfAccording to the College Board, the average undergraduate student should budget...
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Student PIRGs Make Textbooks Affordable The New York Times Thursday, February 26, 2015Ann CarrnsCollege students could save an average of $128 a course if traditional textbooks were replaced with free...
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