You thought the rising cost of college tuition was bad? Then check out the rising cost of college textbooks. The American Enterprise Institute's Mark Perry has put together this nifty chart showing ...

Despite growing online markets for discounted books, the average cost of college textbooks has risen four times faster than the rate of inflation over the past 10 years. That has caused 65 percent of ...

There’s no way anyone can reach their goal of attaining a college degree without doing some heavy reading—by deeply engaging with assigned texts. Those marathon cram sessions, office hours with ...

Another attack on overpriced college textbooks has come, this time from 38 community colleges developing curricula that use open education resources. (Hat tip to Mark Perry of Carpe Diem Blog.) Think ...

Thought rising tuition costs were bad? Try textbooks. College students spend an average of $563 per semester on books, which is actually 20% less than they did during the 2007-08 school year. But ...

There are numerous sources from which you may be able to obtain required course readings that provide you the opportunity to compare prices, delivery methods, and refund and resale options. However, ...

While Chris Dawson, resident blogging counterpart royally annoyed the hell out of an association powering over 3,000 campus bookstores in the United States, I retreated to the Zackcave where I mulled ...

There are plenty of ways to pay less for higher education, although you'll typically make some trade-offs in order to keep costs down. For example, you can take some of your courses at community ...

An e-book-mobile application hybrid that was designed as a replacement for textbooks by Purdue University has been licensed to a new startup company, Skyepack. Instructors and schools can develop ...

Founder Rich Baraniuk in the OpenStax office. HOUSTON — On the third floor of a bank building near Rice University, the future of higher education is being written. Or at least, edited. Perched in ...

The chart above illustrates the “college textbook bubble” – the dramatic and unsustainable rise in the price of college textbooks. Since 1998, the CPI for college textbooks has increased by 150%, ...

For years, textbook prices have burdened students already struggling with loans and sky-high tuition costs. Now Wall Street is taking over the market, tightening its grip on a staple campus ...