It’s why Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and a number of co-sponsors have proposed the Affordable College Textbook Act, which would make some of those books free in the form of “open textbooks ...

WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Ron ...

They also needed time to build a portal that will allow the college system to track whether the free textbook programs are contributing to student success. The colleges are waiting for that funding, ...

The average college student spent $415 in 2018 on their course ... “Some of the other national models dealing with textbook affordability promote (free content) but that is still optional. We’re ...

UMass Lowell, together with colleges and universities across the state, is developing free, online textbooks that are more ...

Here’s what’s been going on with the site—plus some alternatives for accessing free e-books. Chegg, The “Netflix For Textbooks,” Looks To Raise $150 Million In IPO The site that offers ...

And yup you're going to spend $150 on a textbook for a class you don't care about! Turns out, it's not unreasonable for some four year college students to spend close to $500 a year on textbooks.