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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

THE ITHACAN

Editorial: Professors should provide students with cheaper textbook options

Editorial: Professors should provide students with cheaper textbook options

October 8, 2014
A 2013 study done by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that college textbook prices rose 82 percent from 2002–12.
Students resort to illegal means for acquiring expensive textbooks

Students resort to illegal means for acquiring expensive textbooks

By Max Denning, Contributing Writer October 1, 2014
It can take a student only a few seconds to find a free, albeit illegal, online version of a textbook. By simpling searching a textbook’s name followed by “PDF” or “torrent,” any student can often easily find a free downloadable version of a textbook that would have cost him or her hundreds of dollars.
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