Open Textbooks Could Help Students Financially and Academically
U.S. PIRG The Chronicle of Higher Education Tuesday, January 28, 2014Danya Perez-HernandezAs the price of college textbooks continues to increase, more students are opting to skip the books even if...
View ArticleOptions Don't Stem Textbook Woes
Student PIRGs Inside Higher Ed Tuesday, January 28, 2014Allie GrasgreenDespite some recent improvement in textbook market options and transparency, rising prices continue to hinder students who, in...
View ArticleWashPIRG starts affordable textbook campaign
WashPIRG Make Textbooks Affordable The Daily Wednesday, January 29, 2014Holly ThorpeWashPIRG kicked off its affordable textbooks campaign Monday morning with a press conference releasing the WashPIRG...
View ArticleTextbooks and access codes financially burden students, university should...
U.S. PIRG Education Fund Make Textbooks Affordable The Rocket Friday, January 31, 2014The Rocket StaffCollege textbooks notoriously break the bank of our nation’s youth and SRU students are no...
View ArticleReport: High Textbook Prices Have College Students Struggling
U.S. PIRG Make Textbooks Affordable U.S. New & World Report Tuesday, January 28, 2014Allie BidwellThe soaring cost of college textbooks is affecting students throughout the nation, to the point...
View ArticleCost of college textbooks out of control, group says
U.S. PIRG Make Textbooks Affordable USA Today Sunday, February 2, 2014Herb WeisbaumCollege textbooks cost too much — and something needs to be done about it, according to a report from the advocacy...
View ArticleRutgers students campaign for GMO labeling
NJPIRG Student Chapters Consumer Action Network MyCentralJersey.com Monday, March 24, 2014StaffHIGHLAND PARK — A group of Rutgers students with the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG)...
View ArticleQ&A with Congressman Peter DeFazio on GMOs, veteran’s health care and college...
OSPIRG Consumer Action Network Daily Emerald Saturday, March 8, 2014Jennifer FleckOn Friday, March 7, 2014, Congressman Peter DeFazio came to a press event put on by Oregon Students Interest Research...
View ArticleProtect yourself from Heartbleed
Latest NewsSunday, April 13, 2014Student PIRGsIf you’re like me, the news stories about the Heartbleed bug are enough to keep you up at night.Heartbleed is a recently discovered hole in the security...
View ArticleNew Federal Bills Would Protect Students From High-Cost Campus Bank Accounts
For Immediate Release Friday, May 23, 2014Student PIRGsToday, lawmakers from both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate introduced bills that would protect college students from being needlessly steered into...
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