Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Google Alert - college textbooks

News10 new results for college textbooks
Spend Less On College Books
lonad News
Just about the most expensive areas of attending college looks like it's the price of the text books nowadays. As most colleges only use a specific book for ...
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In The Public Interest : Open Textbooks and the Tech-Friendly Generation
Huffington Post (blog)
I thought I might have been an extreme case, so I was shocked to learn that in 2003-4 the average college student spent $900 on textbooks . ...
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Forget new or used: students can rent textbooks instead
KVAL
College textbook prices may have changed, but one thing remains the same: students still think books cost too much. Unlike the past, when students only had ...
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KVAL
Local woman finds way to offer free textbooks to college students
KTVB
It's a place where college students can borrow books for school, free of charge. "I have four kids, and I'm a single mom, and I carry a 40 credit load, ...
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5 unusual things you can rent
Bankrate.com
The price of college textbooks continues to rise. That's why students should seriously consider renting, says Gregory Karp, author of "The 1-2-3 Money Plan: ...
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Bankrate.com
Bloomberg Businessweek Takes a Look at Flat World
NY Convergence
... profiled in Bloomberg Businessweek as part of a growing trend of tech companies who are providing alternatives to high priced college textbooks. ...
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Analyst: eBooks Replacing Textbooks in Three Years
Gearlog (blog)
According to an upcoming report from the New Media Consortium, students will be able to kiss all of those backbreaking college textbooks goodbye in the next ...
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Gearlog (blog)
DMACC offers cheap solution for students
The Campus Chronicle
All college textbooks are not available to rent. The rental availability of a textbook is determined on the quantity of the book used across multiple ...
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E-textbooks: The end of paper and ink?
UNH The New Hampshire (subscription)
Has technology found a functional way to keep students from paying high costs for heavy college textbooks? Maybe. At least it's a change still in the works. ...
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Maher's Monkey Business: Academic travesty and religulous obsession with O'Donnell
Washington Times
The college textbooks that I was issued said the very same things my high school textbooks said in the beginning - that science can never ultimately prove ...
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Washington Times


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