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===The Price and Access | ===The Price and Access issue=== | ||
Between 1986 and 2004, textbook prices rose 186 percent in the United States, or | |||
slightly more than six percent per year. | |||
(Government Accountability Office. 2005. [http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-05-806 College Textbooks: Enhanced Offerings Appear to Drive Recent Price Increases]. GAO-05-806. Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office.) | |||
==Textbooks in K-12== | ==Textbooks in K-12== | ||
Revision as of 15:25, 24 March 2009
Textbooks in Higher Education
The Price and Access issue
Between 1986 and 2004, textbook prices rose 186 percent in the United States, or slightly more than six percent per year. (Government Accountability Office. 2005. College Textbooks: Enhanced Offerings Appear to Drive Recent Price Increases. GAO-05-806. Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office.)