Have you ever wondered why you or your children are paying so much for textbooks? Professors say they don't have a choice but to move to the newest edition.
/ Colby Gallagher
ALBANY --
Have you ever wondered why you or your children are paying so much for textbooks? In our Facebook Story of the Day, you wanted to know what's behind the rapid changing of college textbooks.
Professors say they don't have a choice in the matter and if a newer, more expensive edition comes out, they have to use it because of relevancy.
"They try to add new content that is more relevant today than some of the information they may have in the past, especially problems,” said Albany State University Instructional Technology Program Coordinator, Janis Carthon.
Carthon say many students who try to use an old edition will realize the problems don't match up once they receive a bad grade on their homework so she urges her students to buy the newest edition.
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