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Affordable Textbooks for College Students

Affordable Textbooks for College Students. Nebu Skaria, Marie Rochebrun, John Kaku, Geraldine Mendoza, James Mateo LIB 1201. T he costs of textbooks keep increasing over time. From 2003- 2007 there has been a 19% increase in expenses

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Affordable Textbooks for College Students

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  1. Affordable Textbooksfor College Students Nebu Skaria, Marie Rochebrun, John Kaku, Geraldine Mendoza, James Mateo LIB 1201

  2. The costs of textbooks keep increasing over time. • From 2003- 2007 there has been a 19% increase in expenses • Since 2002 textbook prices have increased 82% overall.

  3. How can we help inform college students on how to reduce the costs and still receive valuable material?

  4. Our Proposal:Detail the ways to reduce cost of textbooks in a Zine.

  5. Voice your concerns • Protests around college campuses with the help from Student PIRGs • Student PIRGs help organize students to voice concerns against important issues

  6. Open Courseware • Free educational resources that distributes a variety of educational resources • Textbooks, online courses, lectures,

  7. Renting or Borrowing Places to rent Reserving or Copying Library Reserve Photocopy ( 30 % of students reduce cost through photocopy • Chegg • CampusBookRentals • Rafter • Amazon

  8. Our idea for the Zine • 8 x 11 Resume Paper • Folded to make six sections to write down info • Distribute in college campuses and info areas

  9. Documentation Process

  10. How we came to implement this topic • We all endured a great amount of costs on college textbooks throughout our college careers • This semester alone we have spent about $500 on just a few textbooks required for our courses

  11. Sources of information • Database journals from ERIC.ed.gov, Gale, EBSCO • USA Today College • Other online articles • Zine worksheets and tutorial videos

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