Prices of textbooks have increased at a rate of more than 3 times inflation since 1977 and textbook publishers laugh all the way to the bank; while we students work hard everyday to receive an education to better our lives. The national student loan debt has reached 1.7 trillion, an amount that exceeds most countries highest GDP and the number continues to grow at a stammering rate. Things like this result in a bubble and all bubbles pop. We Demand that school comply with the needs of the students and not the needs of the publishers by reviewing new editions to mkae sure that they are fundamentally more valuable than the last version, by complying with the College Opportunity and Affordability act and not bundling unnecessary softwares, CD's, and Access codes, and finally by putting a stop to that which the text book monopoly and allow for online educational resources rather than traditional ones.
