Provost: Faculty can help ease burden of textbook costs

from-the-provost-logoPULLMAN, Wash. – As a whirlwind of a semester comes to a close and the ramp-up for spring begins, it’s a good time to consider how we can help students manage the financial challenges of textbook costs.

The cost of new print textbooks has risen more than 1,000 percent since 1977 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Add in the cost of other course materials, and some students can face bills in the thousands, and debt that takes years to pay off.

A few simple steps can enable faculty to help ease this burden on students.

Read all of this blog from interim co-provosts Erica Austin and Ron Mittelhammer at https://provost.wsu.edu/2015/12/01/textbook-costs-a-growing-burden-on-students/.