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Textbook price disparity
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BY JASON SISSON
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NEWS EDITOR
Textbooks: a dreaded but necessary part'of college — which
itself is already viewed by many as similarly dreaded but
necessary. Textbooks have long been a sore spot for students,
adding to an exorbitantly expensive undertaking. The cherry
on top of a sundae whose only other ingredients seem to
be debt, homework, sleep deprivation and maybe a little
more debt.
It’ s not exactly breaking news to report that education is
expensive in the U.S« Some 44 million students are saddled
with over $1.5 trillion in debt, according to the National
Center for Education Statistics. Moreover, 69 percent of
students graduating from public universities in 2018 took out
student loans, with an average debt o f $29^800. According to
one NBC review of Bureau of LaborStatistics data, textbook
prices have soared over three times the rate of inflation,
with an over 1,000 percent increase in price since 1977.
Clearly, saving even a little orr textbooks can mean a lot
for the average student.
With that in mind, The Clackamas Print has compiled
a sample list of textbook prices at the bookstore here on
Clackamas Community College’s Oregon City campus, and
Compared them to prices for the same books on Amazon.
This list is by no means all-encompassing but is meant as
an example to highlight some of the more glaring differences
in price and to aid students in finding ways to save money on
books. Additionally, Amazon is obviously not the only option
for textbooks but is the most prominent retailer that most
consistently won in the price category.
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April 24, 2019
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