21. 5 major
publishers hold
nearly 90% of
the market
Koch, J. (2013). Turning the Page. http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/Turning_the_page.pdf
23. $1200
$600
Cost of textbooks per year:
http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2015-16
http://mfeldstein.com/how-much-do-college-students-actually-pay-for-textbooks/
24. of students take fewer courses
of students drop or
withdraw from courses
of students get bad/failing grades
due to unaffordable textbooks
35%
24%
26%
The reality:
2012 Florida Student Textbook and OER Survey