Books, Fees and Tuition
The University System is the favorite "whipping dog" of the General Assembly right now. Seems some think the System has been greedy regarding the HOPE funds. Here is one reason why that perception exists.
CALPIRG Education Fund: Rip-off 101: How The Current Practices Of The Textbook Industry Drive Up The Cost Of Collge Textbooks. "According to the Association of American Publishers and the National Association of College Stores, paper, printing and editorial costs account for an average of 32.3 cents of every dollar of the textbook cost—the largest share of the total." This is an interesting way of presenting the data so that it can't be analyzed. Online textbooks reduce the paper and printing cost, but we aren't told what that is. The report doesn't even consider non-profit textbook publishing. [Hack the Planet]
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