Students stage ‘textbook rebellion’ at University of Maryland
College activists and professors will tour campuses nationwide to lobby for more low-cost textbook options, including open online textbooks
By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
Read more by Denny CarterCollege students are going without required textbooks, doing their best to eke through the semester without shelling out hundreds in their campus bookstores. With inexpensive alternatives sparse, a group of college activists—backed by the Obama administration—is railing against skyrocketing textbook prices ... one campus at a time. Read more with registration.