If you prefer e-books, Amazon has a more extensive collection. Many Kindle versions of textbooks can cost as little as $0.99, but others can cost just as much as a physical copy.

This kind of effort produces “open educational resources,” and system leaders want to roll out these free-of-charge materials to all 116 California community college (CCC) campuses.

College doesn’t come cheap, especially when you consider the textbooks, housing, school supplies and day-to-day expenses involved. To help ease college students’ financial burden, companies ...

Between 1977 and 2015, the cost of textbooks rose by three times the rate of inflation. By 2016, the average college student could expect to spend at least $1,200 for course materials and supplies.

College students spend an average of $333 on textbooks and other course materials, according to the 2023 Student Watch survey. While you might be inclined to hold onto some of your textbooks, it ...

Hard choices in higher education A 2016 study by Student Public Interest Research Groups, surveying over 4,700 students, showed the price of textbooks rose by 73% between 2006 and 2016.

BATAVIA, Ohio (WKRC) - A professor at a local college is easing the cost of education for her students. After having a tough time finding affordable textbooks on the market, Patty Goedl decided to ...

On average, California college students spend $938 per year on textbooks and materials, according to the California Student Aid Commission’s 2021-2022 Student Expenses and Resources Survey.

In 2021, Gov. Newsom and the Legislature appropriated $115 million for a statewide Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) degree program that would increase the availability of pathways across the California ...

Having textbooks that contain publicly funded research, being only accessed by people willing to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars is undemocratic and keeps inequities present in education.

A statement from the chair or director that describes the textbook’s educational value to the college, including types of courses and students served, contributions to new curriculum and/or teaching ...