College Textbooks Outrageous fees


	College Textbooks Outrageous fees

Lara Nieberding

7-30-2008 8:18 AM

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collge fees, college textbooks, textbooks, file share

Lara Nieberding says:

Instructors could stop requiring students to purchase textbooks for their courses. Instructors could rely on information readily available for free.

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