Costly Textbooks? No, Thanks

Facing the high cost of college textbooks, some students are taking matters into their own hands, reports U.S. News & World Report. And they’re getting plenty of help from the growing digital-textbook industry.

Jason Turgeon, a senior at Northeastern University, has become a poster boy for a movement of students who have used e-books, online study guides, and timely help from classmates to avoid buying bulky textbooks altogether. His Web site, Textbook Revolution, helps students find free, college-level material online. By scouring the Web for course resources, Mr. Turgeon says, he managed to pare his own textbook expenditures for one semester to $35. —Brock Read

Categories: Student-Life, Teaching