Affordable Textbooks

2016 Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey: Results and Findings - Florida Office of Distance Learning & Student Services

“The results of the survey are sobering, as the findings suggest the high costs of textbooks and instructional materials are forcing many Florida higher education students to make decisions that compromise their academic success.”

Summary of Key Findings

1. The high cost of textbooks is negatively impacting student access, success, and completion.
2. Textbook costs for Florida university and college students continue to trend higher.
3. Required textbooks are purchased but not always used in course instruction.
4. In terms of the cost of textbooks and other course materials, college students are in worse shape than university students.
5. Students in Associate or Bachelor’s degree programs spent more on textbooks than students in Master’s or Doctorate degree programs.
6. Florida students are reducing costs by a variety of means.
7. Financial aid covers less in textbook costs now than in 2012.

Affordable Learning Georgia - University System of Georgia

Affordable Learning Solutions - The California State University

Alternative Textbooks - University of Oklahoma

Open and Affordable Textbooks (OAT) - Rutgers University

Texbook Affordabiltiy Project - Temple University

Textbook Affordability Project (TAP) - University of South Florida

and many others across the world...