Textbook Costs Soar: Professors Consider Lesser-Expensive Options

By Joaquin Mojica Costs for textbooks have nearly doubled in the past 10 years. Some professors consider expenses for books to ease burden on students. U.S. Government Accountability Office, empowered by Congress’ Higher Education Opportunity Act to monitor publishers and textbook costs, reports that new textbook prices increased 82 percent between 2002 and 2012. According […]