The high cost of college textbooks, explained

Publishers say digital options make textbooks cheaper. Affordability advocates say it increases their stranglehold on the market.

Open source textbooks: how students are fighting back

The rising cost of textbooks, then, is a sign of one of the greatest paradoxes of higher education: As everything from tuition to housing to books gets more expensive, the people who are tasked with making sure students receive a good education are being forced to do more work for less money. The result is a world where students and professors alike struggle to get by.

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