One of these things comes from an old photo of a college prep algebra textbook, uploaded to Reddit about a year ago: SEE ALSO: Kid has brilliantly cutting response to a test question Image: ...

On Friday afternoons between work and rugby practice, Brittany Wolfe would rush to the campus library hoping copies of her advanced algebra textbook had not all been checked out by like-minded ...

A provocative new book that argues required algebra has become an unnecessary stumbling block that forces millions to drop out of high school or college.

University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg math professor Kayla Heffernan won a national award for creating a college algebra textbook that uses a teaching method called guided inquiry. But Heffernan ...

When I was in college in the 1960s, I spent no more than $80 a term on books. Going back in the 1990s, I paid up to five times that and needed wheeled luggage to haul the books. They were like bricks.

GRAND RAPIDS -- Brad Ellison says he typically pays more than $100 for a college textbook and only sometimes is able to sell it back to the bookstore. "There are times that you just get stuck with ...

The average college student spends about $900 every year just on textbooks. That, in addition to rising tuition costs, boarding costs and activity fees, is making college more expensive than it's ...

In response to rising prices and the falling quality of college textbooks, a Lakeland Community College professor has taken a step to making at least one book more affordable for his students. His ...