Tuesday, September 20, 2011

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An Interview with BookRenter Co-Founder Chris Williams
ZippyCart
As a textbook-rental company, I feel the need to ask you about learning: what's your learning process been like, both in your professional life as a whole, ...
Some things you can't learn from a textbook
MetroNews Canada
... of the six free courses she has planned, some that involve acting out parts of plays from Rent to Plato's Republic, and all with free food thrown in. ...



Google Alert - college textbooks

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Why are textbooks so expensive?
Mother Nature Network
Indeed, if you've shopped for college textbooks, chances are you've felt a similar sticker shock. The price of college textbooks can be exorbitant, reaching as high as $1740 for a philosophy book and $1510 for a four-volume set on international media ...
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Cengage Learning and Verba Partner to Simplify Textbook Price Comparisons
PR Newswire (press release)
... global provider of innovative teaching, learning and research solutions, and Verba announced they are working together to help students surface a range of online pricing options for textbooks efficiently through participating college stores. ...
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Chegg Expands into $7 Billion College Recruiting Market; Increases Student ...
PR Newswire (press release)
"With our acquisition of Zinch, we're extending our mission to high school students through the $7 billion college recruiting market, while continuing to break down the barriers of a college education, from the high cost of tuition and textbooks to ...
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Petitions circle campus to lower textbook costs
UW Badger Herald
The aim of the tour is to collect 10000 signatures in favor of Open Textbooks, a program allowing free digital access to participating college textbooks and print options of textbooks at low costs. Two mascots standing tall at around 5-feet have grown ...
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Braille textbooks for Bangalore varsity students
The Hindu
... Braille textbooks and audio cassettes for undergraduate courses. The Vice-Chancellor will hand over the study material at a function on September 24 at 11.30 am at the Seminar Hall, Jnana Jyothi Convention Centre, Central College campus, here. ...
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Ten Things College Students Waste Money On
Forbes
Students who average 4 classes per semester and only have two books per class could save $5760 over four years on textbooks. Tuition – For the 2010-11 school year, the average cost of tuition and fees for a public college was just over $7600, ...
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Fire rescue complex offers college students real-life training
Star Community Newspapers
By Chris Beattie, cbeattie@acnpapers.com Some Collin College students spend their days in class reading hefty textbooks and memorizing the bold words. Others wield chainsaws and run into rooms engulfed in flames. Those would be students in the school's ...
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Hidden costs of college surprise students
The Pendulum
There are the obvious costs of tuition, room and board and textbooks, but what other costs go into paying for college? Elon has accounted in some ways for the extra costs of living. Patrick Murphy, director of Financial Planning, said the estimate for ...
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The Declining Value Of A College Degree
San Francisco Chronicle
These dollar amounts do not include textbooks, room and board, and other costs related to attending college. If a student, or his or her family, can afford to pay these costs outright, the monetary value of his or her degree will be more than a student ...
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A $10000 college education?
Stockton Record
"I'm challenging our institutions of higher education to develop bachelor's degrees that cost no more than $10000, including textbooks," Perry said during his State of the State remarks earlier this year. And just how does he propose that schools offer ...
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