Fall 2015
Committee:
Regional Affairs Committee
Whereas, according to the United States Government Accountability Office, in the past two decades, college textbook prices have been increasing at twice the rate of inflation, at an average of 6% per year and now equal or even exceeding the cost of tuition fees of community colleges;
Whereas, the exponential price growth of textbooks has become a financial barrier for California Community Colleges students in achieving their educational goals, where students spend 39% of their tuition fees on their books;
Whereas, students who purchase their textbooks often look to recycle them at the end of the term. When they want to sell it to third parties (Bookstore, online book companies, etc) typically they receive only a fraction of the original price, even when the books are still brand new. Therefore, students are trying to solve this problem by trading their used books among other students;
Resolved, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges advocate that local student governments provide at least one book fair per semester, where students can buy, sell, or trade books.
Citation: EmreyArras, M. (2013). C OLLEGE TEXTBOOKS. Retrieved October 10, 2015, from http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/655066.pdf Senack, E. (2014). F ixing The Broken Textbook Market. R etrieved from http://www.uspirg.org/sites/pirg/files/reports/NATIONAL Fixing Broken Textbooks Report1.pdf
Whereas, the exponential price growth of textbooks has become a financial barrier for California Community Colleges students in achieving their educational goals, where students spend 39% of their tuition fees on their books;
Whereas, students who purchase their textbooks often look to recycle them at the end of the term. When they want to sell it to third parties (Bookstore, online book companies, etc) typically they receive only a fraction of the original price, even when the books are still brand new. Therefore, students are trying to solve this problem by trading their used books among other students;
Resolved, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges advocate that local student governments provide at least one book fair per semester, where students can buy, sell, or trade books.
Citation: EmreyArras, M. (2013). C OLLEGE TEXTBOOKS. Retrieved October 10, 2015, from http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/655066.pdf Senack, E. (2014). F ixing The Broken Textbook Market. R etrieved from http://www.uspirg.org/sites/pirg/files/reports/NATIONAL Fixing Broken Textbooks Report1.pdf