Textbooks

Highlights from Fall Semester

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Thanks for being part of INPIRG and helping make 2011 such a success.

Check out some of our highlights from the year.

Textbooks Project Packet

Want to join the fight to make textbooks affordable? Download this resource for everything you need to know to organize the textbooks campaign on your campus.

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Big Day for Open Education!

Monday, March 5, 2012

By | Nicole Allen

Affordable Textbooks Advocate

Today kicked off two major initiatives for open education: the first annual Open Education Week and the Why Open Education Matters video competition.

Federal Textbook Price Disclosure Law

The HEOA, short for the Higher Education Opportunity Act, is a higher education reform bill passed by Congress in 2008. Among the many provisions in HEOA was a set of important regulations to help make textbooks affordable, which went into effect July 1, 2010.

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Resource | Textbooks

Make Textbooks Affordable: Recommendations to Faculty

Faculty are in charge of selecting textbooks, which puts them in a key position to help students save money. Follow these guidelines to help minimize costs.

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Resource | Textbooks

Tips to Save on Textbooks

Even though students are stuck paying publishers' outrageous prices, you do have a few tools to reduce how much you spend. Being a smart consumer could save you hundreds of dollars every year. Follow these tips to save on textbooks!

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Media Hit | Consumer Protection, Higher Ed, Textbooks

Groups target textbook prices to rein in college costs

A push to create free or inexpensive textbooks is gaining momentum as educators, philanthropists and policymakers nationwide search for new ways to rein in college costs.

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Media Hit | Textbooks

State student interest group protests high textbook costs

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Campaign | Textbooks

Make Textbooks Affordable

Everyone knows that textbooks costs are out of control. The average student spends $900 per year, and prices are rising four times the rate of inflation!

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Campaign | Textbooks

Make Textbooks Affordable

Every student knows that textbook prices are outrageous! Many books cost over $200 a piece and end up worth pennies by the end of the semester, often thanks to unnecessary new editions and pass-codes that expire. It's time for publishers to stop charging ridiculous prices and start taking advantage of today's technology to offer students a better deal. Our campaign is working to increase the use of "open textbooks," which are free online, free to share, and affordable in print -- the ideal publishing model to make textbooks affordable.

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Students in Action

Student leaders educate the campus about income inequality during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.
We collect petition signatures - lots of them!
Hunger and Homelessness intern Roua Aboukhadijeh collecting interview footage on campus for a short film on poverty.
Students campaign for High Speed Rail.
Fast Trains ARE Cool.
Students volunteer at a local garden for the National Hunger Cleanup.
Volunteers wear the textbook mascot costumes to educate students about affordable textbook alternatives.
Students posing with the textbook Rebellion books, We Want Cheaper TEXTBOOKS!!
Textbook Rebel and Mr. $200 drew attention to outrageous textbook prices.
Six media outlets covered a stop on the Textbooks Rebellion tour to promote affordable alternatives to outrageously expensive textbooks.