4 ways to slash college textbook costs

Source: bankrate.com Posted By: Jacky S...5366 days ago

Students carry a sizable chunk of the soaring cost of a college education in their backpacks.

Textbooks account for up to three-quarters of the cost of attending community college and about one-fourth the cost at universities, says Nicole Allen, director of the Make Textbooks Affordable campaign, a coalition of Student Public Interest Research Groups and student government associations in 14 states. The biggest cost driver has been the bundling of textbooks with CD-ROMs and other supplemental....

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