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(Right to left) OSPIRG member Sonja Tilton assists OSPIRG Affordable Textbooks Campaign Coordinator Arista Hickman as she presents
information from the group's report while University Bookstore General Manager Jim Williams listens to the findings.
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release, University students spent an
average of $269 on textbooks for fall
term 2003. According to the survey,
students at the University of Califor
nia spend an average of $898 per year.
"Students pay so much more for
textbooks than they have in the past,"
Hickman said.
University Bookstore General Man
ager Jim Williams said he has never
seen students more concerned about
textbook prices in his 31 years at the
bookstore.
"Textbooks do not need to be as ex
pensive as they are," he said. "It's
more important than ever that we all
work together."
The overall survey found that text
book publishers add "bells and whis
tles" to texts intended to drive up
prices, which 65 percent of surveyed
faculty "rarely" or "never" use.
These added amenities generally
include CD-ROMs and workbooks
that are shrink-wrapped with the
textbook. Half of all textbooks now
come with these additions, and stu
dents rarely have the choice to buy
these books without them, according
to the survey.
Thomson Learning is one of the
publishers the survey examined be
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Thomson Learning Public Rela
tions Director Adam Gaber said the
add-ons respond to expressed faculty
and student needs.
"Both students and professors de
mand more and more access to
technology to improve teaching and
learning," Gaber said in an e-mail
interview. "While these additional
resources greatly enhance the value
of textbooks, they also drive up the
costs of developing, maintaining
and supporting the modern text
book."
According to the survey, new edi
tions, which make cheaper older edi
tions obsolete, are also hitting book
stores more frequently and often
include few changes. Seventy-six per
cent of faculty surveyed said that they
felt the new editions are "never" or
"half the time" justified.
According to an OSP1RG press re
lease, few changes were found in
Thomson Learning's 1999 edition of
"Calculus: Early Transcendental,"
compared to its 2003 edition, which
sells for about $130. A used edition
can be found for $20 to $90.
University Physics Professor Greg
Bothun said he doesn't make students
buy the $ 100 textbooks for his envi
ronmental studies class because the
information can be accessed online
for free.
"The students don't need the text
book," he said.
Gaber said the average textbook re
vision cycle is currently three years
compared to about five years a decade
ago, which he said is in part due to
advancing technology.
"To ensure students receive the
greatest value possible, new editions
are produced to keep pace with new
information in various disciplines,"
he said.
The study suggests a number of
policy changes for the textbook in
dustry that many of those surveyed
agreed would help.
Hickman said some suggestions in
clude selling additional materials sep
arately from the textbook itself, keep
ing textbook editions on bookstore
shelves longer and providing faculty
with cost information to better evalu
ate how textbooks will financially af
fect students.
According to the survey, 87 per
cent of faculty surveyed supported
putting new information into sup
plements instead of publishing a
new textbook edition, while 13 per
cent opposed the idea because of lo
gistical problems with switching be
tween two texts.
Hickman said the next step in the
campaign is to further promote book
swapping online. OSPIRG also plans
to send a letter to Thomson Learning
with suggestions on how to better
serve students.
She said the company is one of the
more prominent producers of text
books in the country, and if it makes
changes it could affect others in the
industry.
"If they change their ways, then the
rest of the textbook companies will
follow," Hickman said.
Contact the higher education/
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CAMPUS
BUZZ
Friday
Humanities Center Work-in-Progress Series
entitled "Two Concepts of Freedom in Translation,"
featuring visiting English professor Jin Di, Room 159,
Prince Lucien Campbell Hall, noon-1 p.m.
Critical Theory and Transnational Studies Lecture
featuring a discussion by Eric Leed entitled “Historical
Realism,” 375 McKenzie Hall, 4 p.m.
South Asian Culture Night, EMU Skylight, 5:30 p.m.
International Resource Center Winter Film Festival
featuring "Mostly Martha," EMU International Lounge,
7-9 p.m.
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