A textbook case of students not having enough money

[unhappycamper]

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/12/textbook-case-students-not-having-enough-money

A textbook case of students not having enough money
By Bill Sizemore
The Virginian-Pilot
© December 30, 2013

NORFOLK

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According to a survey, nearly one in five ODU students are attending classes without the benefit of textbooks. The reason: They can’t afford them.

It’s a sharply rising trend, Todd Johnson, assistant vice president for auxiliary services, told the board.

Along with escalating tuition and fees, accelerating textbook prices are a key reason why a college education is becoming less and less affordable – not just at ODU, but across the nation.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported that college textbook prices soared 82 percent over the past decade – almost as much as tuition and nearly three times the overall rate of inflation.

[Laelth]

1. Greed. It's killing most of us ... slowly. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth

[yeoman6987]

2. Text Books

I was shocked at the prices of text books when I went back to school after 20 years. Absolutely ridiculous. What I had planned to spend 500 dollars for a semester was WAY WAY to low. It is a crime that books cost this much. I think that with the prices of tuition, that books should be included.

[libodem]

3. That seems like a reasonable idea

I didn't know it had gotten so out of hand.