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Renting May Be Solution to High Cost of College Textbooks
07 July 08 07:51 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

Hoping to reduce the premium prices college students pay for textbooks, which on average cost students $900 a year, some colleges and universities are opting to let their students rent their books rather than buy them. For the first time, six schools Read More...

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New Legislation May Help Rein in Costs of College Textbooks
09 May 07 08:16 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

How many times have you bought that brand new updated edition textbook (no used editions available), swallowing the exorbitant cost, only to lose most of what you paid when you re-sold it for pennies at the end of the semester? Or worse yet, what about Read More...

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