{"id":3159,"date":"2022-03-24T14:36:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T19:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/?p=3159"},"modified":"2022-03-24T14:36:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T19:36:12","slug":"high-textbook-prices-and-the-effects-on-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/2022\/03\/24\/high-textbook-prices-and-the-effects-on-students\/","title":{"rendered":"High Textbook Prices and the Effects on Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

With textbook prices on the rise, many students are struggling to pay for them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2022, <\/span>The Education Data Initiative<\/span><\/a> put out a report that revealed the average cost of supplies for full-time undergraduatescom was $1,240 per year. With high costs of tuition, housing, and meals, Bradley University students are feeling like textbooks are a broken system.<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked about his experience purchasing textbooks Cooper Wilt, a Bradley Business major, felt there was a disconnect between professors and students.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like most of my professors don\u2019t understand how hard it is to be a broke college student. A majority of my books this semester cost over seventy dollars. Although my major requires a lot of reading, I think the university could find an easier way to help students out when it comes to paying for books,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

A report done by the Public Interest Research Groups<\/span><\/a> (PIRG) in 2014 found that two-thirds of students had skipped buying required textbooks since they could not afford them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been times where I\u2019ve splurged on a book for class and it rarely gets used. Now I\u2019m a lot more cautious about which books I\u2019m buying because I want to make sure it\u2019s actually needed for the class,\u201d said Wilt, \u201cI wish my professors were more clear on which materials were necessary and which ones were not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Steven Comandini, a Bradley engineering major, noticed that a lot of the work done in classes is more practical than anything learned through a textbook.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cSince I\u2019m an engineering major a lot of the work we do is hands-on. Although I understand the importance of [textbooks] when it comes to understanding concepts, it feels like I get a lot more out of the work we do in class. It ultimately comes down to the professor\u2019s approach to their class.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

PIRG reported that 82% percent of students feel they would perform better in their courses if textbooks were free. If a student cannot find the money to buy books, it is more likely they will perform poorly in the course.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI know Bradley does a good job making rentals available, but including textbook prices in tuition costs would take a lot of stress off of working students,\u201d said Comandini.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is clear that textbooks are not catered to the students they are supposedly made for. Although the system is operating fine as it is, it is apparent that Bradley can find a way to better support its students.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With textbook prices on the rise, many students are struggling to pay for them.\u00a0 In 2022, The Education Data Initiative put out a report that revealed the average cost of supplies for full-time undergraduatescom was $1,240 per year. With high costs of tuition, housing, and meals, Bradley University students are feeling like textbooks are a broken system. When asked about his experience purchasing textbooks Cooper Wilt, a Bradley Business major, felt there was a disconnect between professors and students. \u201cI feel like most of my professors don\u2019t understand how hard it is to be a broke college student. A majority of my books this semester cost over seventy dollars. Although my major requires a lot of reading, I think the university could find an easier way to help students out when it comes to paying for books,\u201d he said. A report done by the Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG) in 2014 found that two-thirds of students had skipped buying required textbooks since they could not afford them.\u00a0 \u201cThere have been times where I\u2019ve splurged on a book for class and it rarely gets used. Now I\u2019m a lot more cautious about which books I\u2019m buying because I want to make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[249,224],"class_list":["post-3159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-bucom360","tag-com-360"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/350"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3160,"href":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3159\/revisions\/3160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}