re: College Texbook Prices have gone up 1,041% since 1977

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The webassign stuff irks me more than the books. Teacher is too lazy to review your homework, so I'll charge him an extra 75 bucks and have a computer do it. "But there are 500 people in your math class, there's no way a teacher can grade all that homework

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College professors shouldn't be "grading" homework in the first place. College students are supposed to be big girls and boys. Go to class, pay attention, complete your assignments, pass the exams. Somewhere in this process the student should be mature enough to figure out if they aren't "getting" something and seek help on their own initiative.
Too many students don't belong in a four year college to begin with. In order to accommodate these students, processes and content are being watered down. And as a result, the actual value of four years of college education decreases as the cost increases.

ETA: if you have a professor over the age of 35, they probably hate online homework as much as the students. When it first came out, most professors balked, and wouldn't use it. Around 2005, colleges began to require it in order to satisfy vague Dept of Ed mandates. An earlier poster called out the DoE as the root of much of this BS - spot on...