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| Expensive books exploit students The Keystone You stand in a line for 30 minutes with your hands full of heavy college textbooks. When it's finally your turn, you walk up to the cash register and plop all of your books onto the counter. The exhausted cashier scans each book and places them into a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 5 W.Va. high schools to study Kanawha County Textbook War of 1974 through ... The Republic WVU's College of Human Resources and the West Virginia Humanities Council will host a public reception to celebrate its launch Thursday in Morgantown. "The cultural war is still alive and well today, as seen in the censorship that occurs when textbooks ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| To buy or not to buy? ACC students can opt for textbook rental program Your Houston News College textbooks are becoming increasing expensive. So, to help students struggling with the high cost of textbooks, Alvin Community College now offers their students a textbook rental program. The Alvin College Store began the renting program during ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| CampusBookRentals.com Customers Flock to Facebook to Share Positive Textbook ... MarketWatch (press release) Stay amazing please," wrote fan Jasmine M. "We have the most amazing customers and fans who really believe in our model of renting college textbooks at an extremely reduced cost, and we couldn't be happier that they are using social media to help us ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| South Floridians use Web to scout colleges Orlando Sentinel ... which works like a Craigslist for college students, allowing them to trade or barter for goods and services. "It's really convenient and I can sell my current textbooks after the semester and even buy new ones for next semester," Sarnese said. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Students go to college free to learn electrician trade that's needed in NE ... The Republic Gillette College received a $388743 grant from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services to cover tuition and fees for two groups of 12 students, the wages of a full-time instructor, Materials fees, most of the textbooks (the company is picking up ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Inkling's iPad cookbook is selling like crazy GigaOm 10, 2011, 3:45pm PT 3 Comments Inkling, the San Francisco startup that develops interactive iPad versions of college textbooks, made its first big step in courting the mainstream consumer a few weeks ago when it debuted its version of The Professional ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Balto. Co. schools spent $5M on books, curriculum despite warnings Baltimore Sun He added that as teachers are trained in the new standards, the books are being sent from the warehouse to schools. Hairston noted that the district had already added a rigorous College Board program for math and language arts to augment the curriculum ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Part 1: Answers to Your Questions on Scholarships and Student Loans New York Times (blog) Consider ways to economize on college costs, like buying used textbooks and/or selling the textbooks back to the bookstore at the end of the semester, minimizing trips home from school and reducing personal expenses. Eating out once a week may seem ... See all stories on this topic » |
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Google Alert - college textbooks
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