George Skelton: Let’s make textbooks affordable. Making textbooks truly affordable, or even available free, is the least we can do for California’s beleaguered college and university students. And the state would ultimately benefit.
State Senate leader Darrell Steinberg plans to introduce legislation aimed at slashing the price of textbooks to about $20.
Smart. I hope this idea gains traction, and I’m curious to see how the textbook cabal organizes to quash it. The market cannot bear insanely priced textbooks for much longer.
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