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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 21 > Reformer targets print textbooks

Reformer targets print textbooks

Legislation has yet to lower book costs, so students getting creative

By Gale Holland / The Bulletin
August 21, 2008

The annual college textbook rush starts this month, a time of reckoning for many students who will struggle to cover eye-popping costs of $128, $156, even $198 per volume.

California Institute of Technology economics professor R. Preston McAfee finds it annoying that students and faculty....

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