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• Stu­dents spent an aver­age $1137 in 2010 – 2011 on text­books and sup­plies, accord­ing to The Col­lege Board
• Accord­ing to the Depart­ment Of Edu­ca­tion, text­books cost almost as much as tuition and fees (72%) for 2 year com­mu­nity col­lege stu­dents. This means 42% of col­lege costs for these stu­dents go to textbooks
• Text­books prices are ris­ing at 4x rate of infla­tion (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Accord­ing to Gates Foun­da­tion study, this is hav­ing a sub­stan­tive impact on stu­dents’ abil­ity to com­plete course­work. 60% of stu­dents who did not grad­u­ate report that text­books and other fees besides tuition affected them; 58% of those who did grad­u­ate cite the same (pub­lic agenda)