AcademicPub, an automated coursepack service, is launching a line of “Intro Books,” low cost textbooks designed for introductory seminars for basic college courses. The Intro Books line will launch ...

If ramen noodle sales spike at the start of every semester, here’s one possible reason: textbooks can cost as much as a class itself; materials for an introductory physics course can easily top $300.

I underline and highlight as I read and scribble copious notes in the margins of books (or sometimes, particularly in a book that I used for teaching, on a color-coded series of sticky notes that ...

Many students say they go without textbooks, even when they're required. College students in five of the most-attended courses in U.S. higher education soon will have free peer-reviewed textbooks ...

Students are taking the battle against high-priced textbooks into their own hands. This week, 11 University of Cincinnati seniors in the psychology program presented at an Educause event a comparison ...

Adopted by 25 schools and a number of industry companies, the book, now in its third printing, has become a best seller at schools having graphic arts programs at high schools, technical schools, ...

What would you say if I told you that there's a new introductory biology textbook being published that is affordable, lightweight and never goes out of date? Some of the happiest times of my life were ...

This interview is part of our “Econ Extra Credit” project, where we read an introductory economics textbook provided by the nonprofit Core-Econ together with our listeners. When you think of taking an ...

When Natalie Flynn surveyed students in her Temple University intro to physical geology classes, she found half weren’t buying the textbook she used. Many couldn’t afford it. “We were developing a ...