The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: Why Buy When You Can Rent A Textbook

November 04, 2005

Why Buy When You Can Rent A Textbook

Two San Mateo County community colleges have launched textbook rental programs to counterbalance soaring textbook prices, the bane of many students who are struggling to pay rising education costs. It's just one of several tactics Bay Area students and college campuses are taking to save students money. Read more at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/04/PNGKGFGSLO1.DTL

Nov 4, 2005 12:39:53 PM | Trends/Forecasts

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