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Are Private Universities Exempt from Student Concerns About Textbook Costs? A Survey of Students at American University Cover

Are Private Universities Exempt from Student Concerns About Textbook Costs? A Survey of Students at American University

Open Access
|Jul 2018

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

How many of your courses required expensive ($75 or more) textbooks this semester?

Figure 2

Approximately how much money did you spend to acquire all of your course materials this semester?

Figure 3

When studying from [Assigned Textbook], how often do you do each of the following?

Figure 4

In general, when you prepare for your tests/exams, what percent of studying do you devote to each of the following?

Figure 5

Year in School and Purchasing Behavior

Figure 6

If you do not purchase or rent a required textbook or other course material, how do you procure the required material?

Figure 7

What else would you like to share about how the cost of course materials influences your learning habits?

Language: English
Page range: 289 - 303
Submitted on: Apr 5, 2018
Accepted on: Aug 7, 2018
Published on: Jul 1, 2018
Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2018 Lindsay Renee Murphy, David Rose, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.