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KYW-TV: Use 20MM.ORG To Avoid The Sting Of Textbook Pricing
August 22, 2012
As if tuition weren’t enough, last year students at public colleges forked over $1,168 for textbooks and other course material, up 3% from the year before. It’s expected that this fall we’ll see another price rise. But, things are changing. Booksprice.com and 20mm.org will give comparative prices.
20MM Foundation Report: CSU Bookstores Fail to Disclose To Students More Than $2M in Textbook Savings
August 22, 2012
The courses in the report resulted in savings ranging from $90 to $225 per textbook. The analysis involved 604 courses from a variety of CSU campuses comparing prices between the campus bookstore’s used books and other online textbook marketplace prices that could be available to colleges students this fall, but rarely are ever promoted by university websites or their bookstores.
The New Republic: How College Bookstores are Killing College Bookstores
August 21, 2012
The typical student bookstore experience—get in, get out, contemplate the months of ramen to come—has never been a great way to cultivate a love of books. It’s never about the literary joys of serendipitous discovery; it’s about the bureaucratic routine of required reading. Even before the thrice-annual draining of my wallet, the college bookstore was tough to romanticize.
NY Times: Free Online Course Will Rely on Multiple Sites including 20MM Partner OpenStudy
August 21, 2012
A group of online-learning ventures is collaborating on a new kind of free class to be offered this fall, known as a mechanical MOOC (for “massive open online course”), that will teach a computer-programming language by patching together existing resources from open-learning sites.
Why One Foundation is Turning to Students to Lower Textbook Prices
August 20, 2012
20 Million Minds Foundation, an organization dedication to reducing textbook costs, launched the “20MM Textbook Price Comparison Sweepstakes,”a contest that will provide scholarships to students who compare bookstore textbook prices. The contest aims to direct college students to cheaper textbook-buying options.
