From: Primary Research Group <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 13:34:36 -0400

Primary Research Group Inc. has published the:  Survey of American
College Students: Use of Textbooks & Open Access Educational
Materials, ISBN 978-1-57440-522-4

This report, based on a survey of 1,065 students at 4-year colleges in
the United States, presents detailed data on how much students spend
on textbooks, how often they buy and how often they rent.  In
addition, the study looks at who and how often students take classes
that provide open access or other low-cost materials and which
students forego the purchase or rent of textbooks, even when required.
The report also looks at the popularity of used vs new textbooks, and
at how satisfied college students are with the current circumstances
in textbook pricing and availability.  The report also looks at
student reaction to textbook licensing plans by academic libraries.

Data in the report is presented in the aggregate and then broken out
separately for sixteen different variables including but not limited
to: college grades, gender, income level, year of college standing,
SAT/ACT scores, regional origin, age, sexual orientation, race &
ethnicity, college major and other personal variables, and by Carnegie
class, enrollment size and public/private status of the survey
participants institutions of higher education.

Just a few of this 89-page report’s many findings are that:

·         Mean spending in the most recent semester for textbooks by
students in the sample was $223.38 with a median of $200 and a range
of 0 to $1,500.

·         The higher the family income of the student, the greater the
number of new vs used textbooks they purchased. Those with family
incomes of less than $45,000 purchased a mean of 1.25 new textbooks in
the past semester while those from families with annual incomes of
greater than $150,000 purchased 1.83 new textbooks per semester.

·         Students who grew up in major cities were much more likely
than those who grew up in rural areas to take classes that use open
access or very low-cost materials.

·         The most secular students were much more dissatisfied with
current textbook prices than were the most religious students.

For a table of contents and an excerpt view the product page for this
report on our website at:
https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=497

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Primary Research Group Inc.
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