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West Kentucky Community and Technical College Embraces Elsevier's Digital ... PR Newswire (press release) During the program, students take various courses that utilize Elsevier's Pageburst™, a content delivery platform that allows users access to an entire library of Elsevier's digital textbooks. Pageburst gives instructors the opportunity to integrate ... See all stories on this topic »

Colleges Use Custom Textbooks to Cut Overall Student Expenses U.S. News University To highlight the strain such fees can place on students, thousands of individuals have participated in the Textbook Rebellion initiative. The nationwide group participating in the petition feels that publishers should be able to offer college textbooks ... See all stories on this topic » U.S. News University

Follett Higher Education Group's Rent-A-Text Saves Students Nearly $90 Million ... PR Newswire (press release) During the fall semester, "Guide to First-Year Composition" (CafeCustom) topped the charts as the best selling digital title, and students at Florida State College at Jacksonville bought the most digital textbooks. Students at Ivy Tech Community ... See all stories on this topic »

Word Balloons: OU professor writes graphic novel textbooks NewsOK.com Short thinks the results are even better than those from a college textbook. Short said several student evaluations have said one of his graphic novels is the best book they've had in their college careers. But not only students are interested ... See all stories on this topic »

Steve Jobs Biography Hints At What's To Come From Apple: Textbooks, TVs And More Huffington Post In 1997, she co-founded College Track, a non-profit that aims to increase the number of low-income students who graduate from high-school and go on to receive college degrees. Isaacson's biography also provides a glimpse into Apple's corporate politics ... See all stories on this topic »

Schools focus on science, math to develop problem solvers Greensboro News & Record By Morgan Josey Glover In Kim Forbes' classroom — behind the boomerang-shaped desks, power tools, computers, wind tunnel and slew of competition trophies — is a case full of technology textbooks. Instead, they design video games, create cold-case ... See all stories on this topic »

Less paper, more money PUC Chronicle With the majority of PUC students now using smartphones, e- readers and tablet PCs, it seems that not lugging around 50 pounds or more of textbooks per day could be a lot easier on our backs and our wallets. The average college textbook comes at a ... See all stories on this topic »

Fairport launches its early drive for college (with video) News-Herald.com The students will use the new technology for class assignments and activities, research and to access some of their online textbooks. Internet usage and other notebook tools will be closely watched by administrators and parents. ... See all stories on this topic »

A Sign of the Times PC The Cowl For 27 years, the Off-Campus Bookstore has provided PC students with an alternative means of purchasing textbooks—one that, unlike many corporate bookstores, guaranteed the books to be on the shelves by the first day of class, and provided lower ... See all stories on this topic »

Westwood College and KidsTek Partner to Deliver Technology Equipment and Work ... MarketWatch (press release) High Tech Early College is one of four high school options for DPS freshman who would have attended Montbello High School this year. Westwood College's support of DPS extends beyond the $50000 donation, comprised of equipment, textbooks and staff time, ... See all stories on this topic »

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Textbook reseller moves in at accelerator Windsor Star ... incurred by university students involves textbooks, a small Windsor company is launching a web-based business offering used books for sale or rent. ...

Economics by book not for Abbott Sydney Morning Herald Any economics textbook will tell you such externalities are a case of market ... Where Labor seeks a minerals resource rent tax in line with Ken Henry's ... Sydney Morning Herald

BookRenter Hires Senior Executive to Advance Institutional ... MarketWatch About BookRenter BookRenter founded the first textbook rental service in 2006 with a mission to make education more affordable by allowing students to rent ...

Paw Print: Student creates financial help site Towerlight ... for some students because of the burdens of textbook prices, loans and other costs. ... "I also use renting websites such as Chegg and Bookrenter, ...

BookRenter Hires Senior Executive to Advance Institutional ... Marketwire BookRenter founded the first textbook rental service in 2006 with a mission to make education more affordable by allowing students to rent textbooks for up ...

Lunopolis (2009) Peeks into the Future…and the Past Technorati Buy or rent Lunopolis and invite some of your more gullible conspiracy-theory ... This is textbook documentary interviewing—the comments, the inflections, ... Technorati

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Google Alert - college textbooks

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Churchill Student Contributes to College Textbook Patch.com Because the extracurricular activity that Mattis was involved in was a college level textbook on which he was collaborating. "Whenever my schoolwork load was heavy I'd ask my aunt, who is the chairperson for the department of psychology at NYU, ... See all stories on this topic »

Associated Students offers plan for more access to textbooks at SMC The Corsair At the Associated Student Board meeting on Monday Oct. 3, AS Director of Instructional Support, Marco Vivero, proposed purchasing more textbooks as a student resource to be put on reserve at the Santa Monica College library. ... See all stories on this topic »

E-textbook saves UNH business students $70K Seacoastonline.com Textbook prices have increased 22 percent over the last four years, quadruple inflation, according to the Student Public Interest Research Groups. The College Board estimates that students spend an average of $1137 for textbooks and supplies each year. ... See all stories on this topic »

Chegg Launches New Initiative With Bing Rewards to Help College Students Save ... MarketWatch (press release) Now college and college-bound students can get additional cost savings by joining Bing Rewards and earning gift cards for Chegg's textbook rentals and homework help. "We wanted to engage our growing member base of college students in a way that is ... See all stories on this topic »

ROBERT STONE AND JON R. MILLER: E-textbook makers will have to overcome ... The Idaho Statesman Have you been in a college bookstore lately? It's a pretty scary place, and not just because blue and orange or silver and gold are not your best sweatshirt colors. If you are in college or have kids who are, you know the frightening cost of textbooks. ... See all stories on this topic »

Cengage Learning Announces a New First Edition Applied Calculus Text Designed ... MarketWatch (press release) "A textbook that simplifies applied calculus to a point where any student with the prerequisites can understand the concepts and be successful in the course," said Salvatore Sciandra, Niagara County Community College. This accessible and modern ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook post gets Catawba Valley Community College student in trouble Hickory Daily Record The additional money can be used for textbooks and living expenses. In the past, CVCC did what most schools do. It issued checks to the students for the amount of their financial aid beyond tuition. Now the school pays Higher One to handle the ... See all stories on this topic »

CourseSmart® Makes It Easy to Access Digital Course Materials Through Custom ... MarketWatch (press release) ... feature and deep content linking using the College's D2L platform while also developing an innovative textbook pricing model which helped us to reduce student costs," said Judy Lowe, assistant vice president at Chattanooga State Community College. ... See all stories on this topic »

Interest growing in college courses Morning Sentinel "I think it helps bridge the gap between high school and college," he said about the online course. Students are required to pay KVCC student fees of about $60 for each class, plus textbooks. The students are "saving on what they would pay if they did ... See all stories on this topic »

My College Yard Sale Marks New Era In Virtual Marketplace MarketWatch (press release) Already it is establishing itself as niche for buying and selling textbooks, which typically place a large strain on a student's budget. Tortorella noted that this website is going to cater to college students everywhere, and give them a break from all ... See all stories on this topic »

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Google Alert - rent textbook

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Who will dominate the electronic textbook market? WBRC With Amazon, students can rent a book for as little as 30 days to as many as 360 days. ... The option to rent an e-textbook for a short period can offer ...

Textbook example Ashland Daily Tidings Allen lauded SOU's bookstore for recently offering book rentals, in which students can rent a text for 30 to 120 days at a fourth to half the retail price. ...

Book price comparison available The Grand Views Currently, textbooks can only be purchased through the comparison shopper and book rentals must be done at the bookstore. The comparative website became ...

New Trier to discuss athletics fees to subsidize textbook costs TribLocal By John P. Huston TribLocal reporter Today at 8:31 am As textbook costs increase, ... That led the district to allowing students to rent books from the ...

Chegg Aims Discounts at Students, Shares College Demo Insights ADOTAS ... textbook rentals, e-textbooks, course selection and homework assistance. ... things like rent or health care, which leaves more discretionary funds. ...

Seol '14: A novel solution to the textbook problem The Brown Daily Herald Students may rent textbooks or borrow them from their schools' libraries or through systems like interlibrary loaning. Cao lambasts high tuition for being ...

This Was Newtown: 1933 Patch.com Mr. Mohr is now collating material for another book which he plans to publish ... $196.75; Rent of fire plugs, $157.50; Ice & Trading Co., supplies, $37.20; ...

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Google Alert - college textbooks

News 10 new results for college textbooks

Released: Nation's First Interactive Web 2.0 Open Source Textbook Free to ... MarketWatch (press release) Collaborative Statistics, 2nd Edition, was written and updated by Barbara Illowsky and Susan Dean, faculty members at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. This textbook is intended for introductory statistics courses taken by students at two- and ... See all stories on this topic »

Alternatives to buying expensive textbooks The Keystone One word many people think of when it comes to college textbooks is rip-off. Many students would rather buy their books online than deal with prices that they consider outrageous. But why are books so pricy nowadays? Better yet, are students really ... See all stories on this topic »

Website one way to tackle growing cost of textbooks NorthJersey.com BY ALEXIS TARRAZI Gaining a college education has become more expensive with the rising costs of tuition and textbooks. "A student spends about $1000 each year on books and it adds up to a lot when financing those books on student loans," said Derek ... See all stories on this topic »

'Textbook Rebellion' sweeps LCC The Torch OSPIRG is trying to raise awareness of the cost of textbooks sold by campus bookstores with a 40-campus tour of Textbook Rebellion across the country with Lane Community College being the thirty-sixth stop on the tour. "We have our advocate here today ... See all stories on this topic »

College Classes TheHerald Johnston Community College will offer the following self-supporting classes this fall. Call 209-2168 for more information or to register in advance, which is required. Textbooks, if required, are available in the bookstore on the main JCC campus, ... See all stories on this topic »

Palestinian schools reject censored textbooks ABC Online ANNE BARKER: At St George's College in East Jerusalem, Arab students are learning history and geography. Today they're studying a map that shows the Holy Land centuries ago, with Jerusalem under its Arab name Al Quds. Even since Israel annexed East ... See all stories on this topic »

What Could Your Child Be Learning Next Year? WLTX.com Columbia, SC (WLTX) - What your child reads in school is important to every parent, and the new textbooks for next year are supposed to be available for you to view in college libraries around the state. But in some of the places we went Monday, ... See all stories on this topic »

Book rental outfit Chegg adds Daily Deals feature Geek.com Its textbook rental service – launched in 2007 – has proven a hit with college students across the USA. The company is quick to tout the ecological benefits of renting textbooks over purchasing new ones each year, though some in the publishing industry ... See all stories on this topic »

Police: Expensive books stolen, sold back to Ivy Tech nwitimes.com A school employee taking inventory told police Friday that 21 expensive college textbooks were unaccounted for. An investigation of records at the book store revealed that the exact same titles had been sold back to the school by a student, ... See all stories on this topic »

Rebelling against the textbook KTVL SOU students were a part of a nationwide movement to make textbooks more affordable. It's called the Textbook Rebellion and the movement has traveled to around 40 college campuses in 13 states. SOU students dressed up in costumes as books to let others ... See all stories on this topic »

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Google Alert - rent textbook

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Textbook Rental Company Chegg Adds Daily Deals For Students MocoNews Hoping that students will come to rent A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics and stay for the discounted pizza, Chegg is launching Chegg Deals, ...

Rent-A-Text saves students over $1 million Newton Daily News DMACC began offering textbook rentals at the six DMACC campus bookstores in the fall of 2010 through a partnership with Follett Higher Education Group, ...

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Google Alert - college textbooks

News 10 new results for college textbooks

College Textbooks "Obscenely Overpriced" and Inaccurate Scoop.co.nz College history students today are required to buy "obscenely overpriced" textbooks that are "a vapid stew of half-truths and hilarious factual errors dumbed down to whatever reading level is desired," the dean of a new history college says. ... See all stories on this topic »

College Students Provide an Economics Lesson in Textbook Purchases: Renting Pays San Francisco Chronicle (press release) According to eCampus.com, one of the pioneers of online textbook retailing, nearly one in five of all college textbook purchases online today is a rental. Two years ago, online textbook rentals accounted for just 1 percent of all sales. ... See all stories on this topic »

Chegg and College Battle of the Bands Present the Textbooks & Tickets Tour ... MarketWatch (press release) SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- After a massively successful tour last year, Chegg today announced it will once again present the Textbooks & Tickets Tour and provide free tickets to college students across the country, ... See all stories on this topic »

Students scrimp on costly books Lancaster Newspapers A new survey released by the US Public Interest Research Group found that the price of textbooks has risen 22 percent over the past four years. In fact, the US Government Accountability Office reports, college textbook prices have increased at twice ... See all stories on this topic »

E-books, a long way to go The Daily Titan The popular belief is that publishers supply students with cheaper e-book versions of the textbooks their professors request. However, e-books have a long way to go before they replace traditional college textbooks as a tool for student learning. ... See all stories on this topic »

Find more than you could have bargained for at college store Etownian Every year at Elizabethtown College, students rush in and out of the college store to get their textbooks for classes. It works simply; the books are always organized neatly on the shelves by subject and professor. But it's hard to appreciate the ease ... See all stories on this topic »

7 Hysterical Boston-Area College Spoof Twitter Accounts Boston Globe (blog) Some Boston-area college kids are devoting their remaining free hours between drinking coffee, getting drunk, and skimming textbooks to a cause that benefits everyone: spoof Twitter accounts. In 140 characters or less, they're making fun of their ... See all stories on this topic »

Shop around for textbooks ASU Herald "Thank God for Wal-Mart," I think some days because they really do have everything you might possibly need as a college student. Sadly, however, Wal-Mart lacks in one area for me—textbooks. Finding cheap textbooks can mean a fight to the death for a ... See all stories on this topic »

Bright Idea: New Online Service is Like Netflix for Textbooks BusinessNewsDaily By Ned Smith, BusinessNewsDaily Senior Writer After students or, more likely, their parents, have settled the tab for college tuition and room and board, one of the biggest expenses is buying textbooks. The average student spends approximately $1100 a ... See all stories on this topic » BusinessNewsDaily

Medical school uses iPads for learning Central Florida Future The UCF College of Medicine has lightened the load on the shoulders of medical students by replacing textbooks with iPads in an effort to provide more innovative learning methods. The college has teamed up with Inkling, a publishing platform working to ... See all stories on this topic »

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