Plenty of college students avoid spending a lot on textbooks that can cost from around $20 for a book on writing grant proposals to $400 for a physics book, a spring IowaWatch/College Media Journalism Project revealed. They talk about it in this podcast.
Heather Dean’s passion for accessible textbooks stems from her time as a student at Iowa State University, where one textbook can run as high as $347. Second in a series.
Q: What did you spend on textbooks this semester?
Cody West: This semester, I spent $74.50 for one English textbook and it appears about $270 in course delivery fees…
Q: How much did you pay for all textbooks, hard copy and e-textbooks, this semester?
Lucas Smith: I paid $350 for all my books.
Lucas Smith, 21
Spring 2018
