Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Education

Books Are Expensive, Especially for Wannabe Lawyers

January 30, 2008 05:35 PM ET | Alison Go | Permanent Link | Print

Same old story: Textbook prices are completely ridiculous, but some have it worse than others. At the University of Nebraska, business law students take the largest hit—with one new required textbook costing $170. One law student claims the cost of her books for the year equaled $1,400. That, plus tuition, and the whole eating and living thing? No wonder there are so many corporate lawyers: Textbook companies need them to fend off angry grad students.

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No problem with textbook access

This becomes more interesting as the University of Nebraska sits next to the largest wholesale distributor of college textbooks in the country, Nebraska Book.

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