Students hit hard by book costs
Aug 13th, 2004From the Daily Herald …
On average, Illinois students pay $780 per year for textbooks and supplies, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission found. Other schools, like Northern Illinois University, warn students they should expect to pay closer to $1,000 per year. And those prices are increasing every year.
It's a problem that isn't limited to Illinois.
This spring, a California study found students there spend an average of $898 per year on textbooks.
According to the Association of College Stores, the price publishers charge for textbooks increased 35 percent between 1998 and 2003 – about 17 percent higher than increases for other books during the same period. The markup by college bookstores has increased 5.9 percent per year over the same period, while markups for other books were about 3 percent per year.
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