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Learning At A Price
State Legislators Fight For Lower Book Costs
Danielle Hoo
Issue date: 10/10/07 Section: News
Although the textbook legislation has already been passed, ConnPIRG is still working to ensure that the manufacturers are keeping up with their part of the deal.
"We're still trying to work with the Co-op and professors to make sure that the textbook companies are sticking to the legislation and not making it necessary to have certain things bundled," said 7th-semester classical and ancient Mediterranean studies major and ConnPIRG officer, Jamie Walsh.
ConnPIRG is also trying to establish a board of professors to relay information about how textbook companies are operating and if they are acting in accordance with legislation. Overall, professors are responsive to students' questions on textbooks and are sympathetic to students' price concerns, according to Walsh.
Currently, the Make Textbooks Affordable campaign is continuing to push the two components of bill that did not pass, according to Hopkinson.
Contact Danielle Hoo at
Danielle.Hoo@UConn.edu
"We're still trying to work with the Co-op and professors to make sure that the textbook companies are sticking to the legislation and not making it necessary to have certain things bundled," said 7th-semester classical and ancient Mediterranean studies major and ConnPIRG officer, Jamie Walsh.
ConnPIRG is also trying to establish a board of professors to relay information about how textbook companies are operating and if they are acting in accordance with legislation. Overall, professors are responsive to students' questions on textbooks and are sympathetic to students' price concerns, according to Walsh.
Currently, the Make Textbooks Affordable campaign is continuing to push the two components of bill that did not pass, according to Hopkinson.
Contact Danielle Hoo at
Danielle.Hoo@UConn.edu
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Donna Pelletier
posted 10/10/07 @ 9:19 AM EST
Schools should also make class textbook requirements available to students online in advance of the start of the semester so that students have a reasonable amount of time to price shop for that book elsewhwere on places like eBay, Amazon, half. (Continued…)
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