Chronicle of Higher Education highlights solutions to rising college costs
This week, The Chronicle of Higher Education is highlighting solutions to the rising cost of college, presented in a Lumina Foundation publication, Course corrections: Experts offer solutions to the college cost crisis.
The rising cost of college presents a significant challenge, but there are many viable ways to control costs. Recognizing that, Lumina Foundation last year outlined 33 approaches to the college cost issue in Collision Course: Rising College Costs Threaten America’s Future and Require Shared Solutions. At the same time, the Foundation issued a “Call for Solutions” to rising college costs. Now, one year later, we are ready to present these ideas from a diverse set of authors who include state legislators, private sector representatives and a student interest group.
These essays represent a national effort to tackle rising college costs. We are interested in your ideas and involvement. Send us your thoughts on these solutions or your ideas for making opportunity affordable.
November 8th, 2005 at 9:09 pm
My thoughts on: Tipping point: Controlling college textbook prices
Merriah S. Fairchild
The price of textbooks are usually high and do take a fair chunk of tuition to buy. I agree that textbooks should be cheaper. Also that publishers should give the best value they can to students. They should provide paperback versions and tell students how long they plan of using that particular textbook, so students are able to sell used books. In addition instructors should use the cheapest book possible with out cutting high quality literature. Also instructors should know how the choice of their textbooks will affect students financially. In some college and universities faculty and students are working together to lower the textbook prices. I agree that this is important because the money we would use on textbooks can be saved or spent on other needed items that otherwise students would not be able to afford.