http://www.arizonapirgstudents.org/reports/textbooks/affordable-textbooks-reports http://www.arizonapirgstudents.org/reports/textbooks/affordable-textbooks-reports/exposing-the-textbook-industry-how-publishers-pricing-tactics-drive-up-the-cost-of-college-textbooks2 Today’s college students are under enormous financial pressure. http://www.arizonapirgstudents.org/reports/textbooks/affordable-textbooks-reports/exposing-the-textbook-industry-how-publishers-pricing-tactics-drive-up-the-cost-of-college-textbooks2 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:37:43 -0500 http://www.arizonapirgstudents.org/reports/textbooks/affordable-textbooks-reports/required-reading-a-look-at-the-worst-publishing-tactics-at-work2 Over the last three years, research conducted by the Student Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) and others have shown that textbooks are a growing cost of going to college. These studies also have found that the textbook industry is using a host of practices that drive up the price of college textbooks. As a result, the overall cost of textbooks has risen at four times the rate of inflation since 1994. http://www.arizonapirgstudents.org/reports/textbooks/affordable-textbooks-reports/required-reading-a-look-at-the-worst-publishing-tactics-at-work2 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:37:43 -0500 http://www.arizonapirgstudents.org/reports/textbooks/affordable-textbooks-reports/textbooks-for-the-21st-century-a-guide-to-free-and-low-cost-textbooks2 College textbooks are an essential but increasingly expensive part of obtaining a higher education. Major publishers have done little to provide adequate lower-cost versions of most textbooks and advertise them to professors ordering books for their classes. In response, alternative and online publishers are offering lower-cost and even free versions of some textbooks. Although these alternatives have the potential to compete with the traditional publishers, they have not yet secured a significant part of the textbook market. As a result, the responsibility for making textbooks more affordable still falls on the major publishers. http://www.arizonapirgstudents.org/reports/textbooks/affordable-textbooks-reports/textbooks-for-the-21st-century-a-guide-to-free-and-low-cost-textbooks2 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:37:43 -0500 http://www.arizonapirgstudents.org/reports/textbooks/affordable-textbooks-reports/limited-knowledge-how-the-high-cost-of-academic-journals-limits-public-access-to-research http://www.arizonapirgstudents.org/reports/textbooks/affordable-textbooks-reports/limited-knowledge-how-the-high-cost-of-academic-journals-limits-public-access-to-research Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:48:48 -0600 http://www.arizonapirgstudents.org/reports/textbooks/affordable-textbooks-reports/rip-off-101-how-the-current-practices-of-the-textbook-industry-drive-up-the-cost-of-college-textbooks In January 2004, the State Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) released Ripoff 101, a report documenting the high price of college textbooks. Ripoff 101 surveyed popular textbooks at 10 public colleges and universities on the West Coast and detailed the gimmicks publishers use to artificially inflate the cost of textbooks. The report sparked extensive media coverage, a call to action from hundreds of faculty members around the country, a congressional investigation, and government action in a number of states, including California, Connecticut and Illinois. http://www.arizonapirgstudents.org/reports/textbooks/affordable-textbooks-reports/rip-off-101-how-the-current-practices-of-the-textbook-industry-drive-up-the-cost-of-college-textbooks Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:48:48 -0600