Course materials: Any textbook, book, e-book, outline, manual or similar materials prescribed as required/recommended as part of a course. Rental texts: Textbooks that can be rented through the ...

Brandan Hudgins, an engineering student at Virginia’s Tide­water Community College, has used traditional textbooks and electronic books. He has paid for digital codes to get homework ...

College students saying no to costly textbooks. Congress in 2008 passed a law requiring publishers to provide more information to faculty about the costs of materials they require students to buy ...

A community college reform group has selected a handful of schools to develop degree programs using open-source materials in place of textbooks, an initiative that could save students as much as ...

Open-source textbooks are catching on in post-secondary schools looking to save students money as rising textbook costs deter them from buying course materials. CNN values your feedback 1.

"Traditionally, when people think about materials for classes, they think of physical textbooks. But all of the materials that a student needs to participate in a class are increasingly put behind ...

When it comes to textbooks, faculty members have a lot of feelings. Many of them negative. But their thoughts on digital coursework and openly licensed materials aren’t any less conflicted ...

Data from Bay View Analytics found the price of textbooks and other class materials has negatively impacted many students’ ability to enroll in courses or resulted in a nonpassing grade. Over half of ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas' education board approved new science textbooks Friday but called on some publishers to remove material that some Republicans criticized as incorrect or negative portrayals ...

Schmidt said that by using open textbook materials he could save a total of $54,400 for the 1,360 students who will take his course this academic year.