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The High Cost of College Textbooks [Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge] |
| Published: September 14, 2007, 1:38 pm |
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We're a couple weeks into the semester and the ever-popular subject of the cost of textbooks has raised its head. Along with my students, I often wonder why they shell out so much for these works. I think there are several things at play here, but first a little background: I've been teaching at the college level for over 25 years and I've written a few textbooks myself, for two different publishers: West and Delmar/Thomson Learning (including the ever-exciting Op Amps and Linear Integrated Circuits mentioned on the sidebar, complete with color-coordinated matching laboratory manual). The thoughts that follow are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my publishers, my college, or college bookstore. Read the rest of this post... Read the comments on this post... [ Full article ] |
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