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Textbook affordability act to improve costs
While financial and health care reform has been in the forefront of Washington’s agenda, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Richard Durbin, D-Ill., still has students on the brain.
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New law could make textbooks cheaper
Tuition at many schools across the country is increasing, but the hefty cost of books could be decreasing thanks to a new federal textbook price disclosure law that went into effect July 1.
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Effectiveness of HEOA Textbook Provision discussed
College students often assert retailers and publishers engage in disingenuous practices keeping textbook prices high. The distributors on the other hand insist they give a fair priced, quality product. Both sides are convinced their position is just.
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Pennsylvania bill set to evaluate cost of books
University professors may be legally required to purchase less expensive textbooks, if a bill that was passed unanimously in the Pennsylvania state Senate fares as well in the House of Representatives.
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New law requires notation of textbook changes
If you’ve ever wondered why you have to buy the expensive new edition of a textbook instead of a much cheaper older version, your professors will be able to tell you beginning today.
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Column: Professors, feel our pain
“Booka, booka, booka, booka, booka, booka.” So begins rapper Mos Def’s classic track “Mathematics.” How unintentionally appropriate. As a student at the University of Iowa, I can personally attest to the outrageous mathematics behind purchasing the required textbooks for my schooling.
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Auburn Bookstore Offers Free Book Stimulus Program
Buy a book, get a book free. The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance is offering just that. “If students buy a book between now and the end of July, they can mail in a form and get a free book mailed back to them,” said Margaret Hendricks, general book manager at the Auburn U. Bookstore.
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New textbook law may ease cost
Seeing the final price tag for a semester’s worth of textbooks can be a painful sight for many students, but a new law could provide some relief. A national law, effective July 1, will seek to lower the cost of textbooks for college students.
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Federal law ensures textbook transparency
The federal government has added a new provision to the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA). The new HEOA Textbook Provision, effective July 1, requires college textbook publishers to provide professors and faculty selecting course materials written information regarding textbook prices, cop...
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