Professors making students buy the textbook they wrote for $200 is especially out of line.
In any other industry they call this corruption, but in academia it’s apparently ok.
In any other industry they call this corruption, but in academia it’s apparently ok.
Don't get me wrong, I think that college education is due for reform.
There are examples of finding better ways to do it. My son's textbook costs were very low. The regional state university that he attended had some kind of thing where you rented your textbooks and turned them back in, often with a nominal or zero fee.