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Textbooks: A Value Proposition

11/13/2007

By Stephen R. Acker

  • National Association of College Stores (2007). Where the New Textbook dollar goes. Retrieved from the web June 6, 2007.
  • Ohio Senate Bill 151 (2007). Retrieved from the web June 12, 2007.
  • Open Content Alliance (2007). Retrieved from the web June 11, 2007.
  • Project Tomorrow (2007). Project Tomorrow: Preparing today’s students to be tomorrow’s innovators, leaders and engaged citizens. Retrieved from the web June 11, 2007.
  • Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education (2006). A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education. Retrieved from the web June 11, 2007.
  • State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (January 10, 2006). A Report on Textbook Purchasing Practices and Costs in the Commonwealth. Retrieved from the web June 11, 2007.
  • State of Illinois Board of Higher Education (February 1, 2005). Report on textbook rental study. Retrieved from the web June 9, 2007.
  • State Public Interest Research Groups (2005). Ripoff 101 (2nd Edition): How the Publishing Industry’s practices needlessly drive up textbook costs. Retrieved from the web June 11, 2007.
  • University of Wisconsin System Office of Operations Review and Audit (April, 2007). Textbook costs in higher education. Retrieved from the web June 6, 2007.
  • US Department of Justice (2007). Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act. Retrieved from the web June 11, 2007.
  • Walton, E. (April 1, 2007). Faculty and student perceptions of using eBooks in a small academic institution. Paper presented to the 13th National Conference of the Association of College and Research Library. Baltimore, MD.
  • Zogby International (September 5, 2006). Survey of College Instructors Regarding the Use of Supplemental Materials in the Classroom. Retrieved from the web June 6, 2007.


    • Stephen R. Acker is research director for the Ohio Board of Regents Collective Action Project and associate professor of Communication The Ohio State University.

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