The High Cost of College Textbooks Thomas Jefferson said that “ Books Constitute Capital !”‚ and by that saying from over one hundred years ago it still stands today. The high cost of college textbooks is not only an issue here at Delgado Community College‚ but with almost every college student across the nation. Rather new or used textbooks are overpriced‚ but students can save money by buying digital textbooks. One of the main reasons why college textbooks are so expensive is because they are
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Have you seen the price of Colleges these days? With the number of people going to college at an all time high it is critical to the American people that the college prices go down because the amount of debt that is associated with it. On average the common college student is in 37‚000 dollars! That is a lot of money for the average person much less someone without a full time job. In a study conducted by AfterCollege only 14% of college students have a job waiting for them after they graduate. Could
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Erika Ochoa ESL 1021 Is the cost of college too high? 100 % of the people in the world will like to go to college but only 1% of people in the world can go to college because the rest cant afford it‚ due to the expense. Many countries have the benefit to help students and so far only 3 countries in the world offered a free education and those are Sweden‚ Ireland and Finland. Nowdays‚ the cost of college is out of control the average kid
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Did you know that the expense of college is one the main reason why everyone can not go. In my opinion college is too expensive. The expenses of college is an issue for many high school seniors. Even though I’m not in college yet I know a lot of people struggling to come up with the money to send their child to college. Some do not have the funds to do it. My grandmother said that she believes that the parents should plan to start saving money to send their child or children to school early so that
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rising costs of college textbooks. In 2004 the California Student Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) along with the Oregon student public interest research group (OSPIRG)‚ jointly released a study called “Ripoff 101: How the current practices of the textbook industry drive up the cost of college textbooks.” A survey polling the most widely assigned textbooks at 10 public universities in California and Oregon‚ and interviews were done with 156 faculty members and 521 students on the cost of textbooks
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Many people will agree that college is a huge part of most people’s future. College will open many doors throughout your life‚ and the key to success in college is studying. Most college professors will require you to have more than one textbook during a semester‚ and when you first hear about he textbooks required‚ the school sends you to the bookstore on campus which will have the majority of the books. The rising price of textbooks is becoming an issue. Even though the school bookstore has to
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A big question nowadays is that "Is the cost of college too high". Parents are starting to think that maybe having more than two kids will later cause them finantional issues in the future. Tuition for two kids equals over $30‚000 annually for everything that is needed for college. From books‚ to tution‚ to dorming‚ to food. Parents are saving up pennies so their kids can have a better future with a family of their own. But while parents are too busy scraping money from here and there‚ some
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E-textbooks clicking with colleges August 30‚ 2002|By Marsha Walton http://articles.cnn.com/2002-08-30/tech/coolsc.ebooks_1_e-book-astronomy-student-forum?_s=PM:TECH Will physical books be gone in five years? October 17‚ 2010|By Cody Combs http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-17/tech/negroponte.ebooks_1_e-books-nicholas-negroponte-physical-books?_s=PM:TECH The ebook: still in its ’early days’ in PHL‚ but a growing option CARMELA G. LAPEÑA‚ GMA NEWS August 26‚ 2012 http://www.gmanetwork.co
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Textbook Costs The cost of textbooks at all colleges has gotten worse throughout the years. Most used books costs the same as rental books. I am majoring in a science degree and the textbook prices are atrocious. For example‚ tuition for summer for me is $1580 and the cost of books was around $428.43. I had to pay this all out of pocket since there is no financial aid for summer sessions. Most textbooks you can’t buy used or rent because it comes with a lab book that is brand new. I tried
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December 8‚ 2015 Why College Textbook Should Be Free? “The National Association of College Stores says the average college student will spend $655 on textbooks each year‚ but with a single textbook easily costing as much as $300‚ that total can easily be much higher.” (huffingtonpost.com) The amount of text books that college students are required to purchase for class is very high. Textbooks are one of the most expensive items to pay for in college. Students forget in college you have to start paying
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