dustyelbow
02-16-2007, 04:07 PM
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070216/NEWS/702160388/1001/NEWS
It's not just an issue at The W. At Jackson State University, students pay nearly $183 for a new physics text that comes with a CD and study guide. It is the most expensive book in the JSU bookstore, employees say.
Concerns about high textbook prices are popping up at all eight Mississippi public universities and with parents. Looking for used books from friends and bookstores and buying books online are options, but students say prices are still too high at a time when tuition, housing and other college costs keep climbing.
Recently, student body presidents took their complaints to state lawmakers. The student leaders also urged Mississippi Higher Education Commissioner Tom Meredith to tackle the issue.
Lawmakers didn't give them much hope that anything could be done at the Capitol this session, but they are sympathetic.
It's not just an issue at The W. At Jackson State University, students pay nearly $183 for a new physics text that comes with a CD and study guide. It is the most expensive book in the JSU bookstore, employees say.
Concerns about high textbook prices are popping up at all eight Mississippi public universities and with parents. Looking for used books from friends and bookstores and buying books online are options, but students say prices are still too high at a time when tuition, housing and other college costs keep climbing.
Recently, student body presidents took their complaints to state lawmakers. The student leaders also urged Mississippi Higher Education Commissioner Tom Meredith to tackle the issue.
Lawmakers didn't give them much hope that anything could be done at the Capitol this session, but they are sympathetic.