More college students giving textbooks a pass

One From The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on students reluctance to buy books for class in college.

The National Association of College Stores, which estimates that about 20 percent of undergraduates nationwide aren’t buying, renting or otherwise acquiring the books their professors expect them to have. In surveys, only about 42 percent of students have told the association they think textbooks are necessary.

One student says she uses the library to the extent possible, reading texts that professors have put on reserve there or checking them out. She calculates that by doing so, she spent only about $100 buying books this semester.

March 3, 2003 by Uncategorized 0

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