Rebecca Rutherfoord
ABSTRACT
One of the high costs for students includes buying textbooks and other materials for courses. According to the Institute for College Access and Success (2015) project on the student debt report, Georgia ranked 24th in the nation with $26,518 average debt per student in 2014. [1] Since then, the average debt per student in Georgia increased 73 percent from $15,354. College affordability is determined by several factors, including textbook cost. The textbook price index has been tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2015) since 2001 (base period with index=100), rose from 115 in 2004 to 210 in 2014. [2]
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