You thought the rising cost of college tuition was bad? Then check out the rising cost of college textbooks. The American Enterprise Institute's Mark Perry has put together this nifty chart showing ...

Another attack on overpriced college textbooks has come, this time from 38 community colleges developing curricula that use open education resources. (Hat tip to Mark Perry of Carpe Diem Blog.) Think ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students can spend hundreds of dollars on books. Tuition isn't the only higher education expense that makes paying for college ...

College has become increasingly expensive over the years, and the problem only seems to get worse. Not only do students have to cover the growing cost of tuition and fees, but then there are personal ...

Looking for the cheapest place to buy college textbooks? We got you! With all of the options to buy books, gadgets, and school supplies online, college bookstores are becoming more obscure, and ...

There’s no way anyone can reach their goal of attaining a college degree without doing some heavy reading—by deeply engaging with assigned texts. Those marathon cram sessions, office hours with ...

The chart above illustrates the “college textbook bubble” – the dramatic and unsustainable rise in the price of college textbooks. Since 1998, the CPI for college textbooks has increased by 150%, ...

For years, textbook prices have burdened students already struggling with loans and sky-high tuition costs. Now Wall Street is taking over the market, tightening its grip on a staple campus ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — A university in Luzerne County is forming a new partnership to help students start their classes on the right foot. Students at Wilkes University will no longer have to buy their ...

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Founder Rich Baraniuk in the OpenStax office. HOUSTON — On the third floor of a bank building near Rice University, the future of higher education is being written. Or at least, edited. Perched in ...