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UL Lafayette Charges $1,000 for online accounting book
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:30 am
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:30 am
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LAFAYETTE - Some students at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette are upset about the price of an online textbook. The school is charging $1,000 for the online book and access code for an accounting class. Angry students vented their frustrations on social media, and the post has since gone viral across the state.
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The school responded to the Tweet saying the price was set with "good intentions" but they needed to "explain the rationale."
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Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:31 am to Areddishfish
They know most of these kids are paying with student loans backed by the government.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:31 am to Areddishfish
The students need to buck up and pay their tuition, books, room and board. I graduated with no loans! I worked summers at the local Dairy Queen dammit for my $500 a semester education! The students should do the same instead of taking to their "fancy social media" and bitching!
This post was edited on 8/27/18 at 9:33 am
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:34 am to Areddishfish
This is why I'm not in college. It's a money scheme for a degree most people don't even utilize.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:35 am to Areddishfish
the class was called "How to fleece Fools 101"
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:37 am to Areddishfish
I know college textbooks are expensive but GODDAMN.
For that much I could buy a full copy of Office and hire a CPA to personally tutor me on how to do the books using Excel.
For that much I could buy a full copy of Office and hire a CPA to personally tutor me on how to do the books using Excel.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:38 am to fr33manator
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the class was called "How to fleece Fools 101"
Overseen by Prof. Dewey Cheatham - Howe
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:38 am to UnAnon
Except accounting is used in every facet of a business. Try again.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:39 am to teke184
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I know college textbooks are expensive but GODDAMN. For that much I could buy a full copy of Office and hire a CPA to personally tutor me on how to do the books using Excel.
Yep. $1,000 is nothing short of unethical. College books for me ranged $100-$200 (and I think even that's ridiculous).
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:39 am to Areddishfish
UL Dean of Accounting:
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:40 am to Areddishfish
The first million people to send me $1 will receive my book titled "How to Make One Million Dollars Online".
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:42 am to Rendevoustavern
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Except accounting is used in every facet of a business.
lol, ok baw. Have fun in your accounting cubicle
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:51 am to Areddishfish
"The school responded to the Tweet saying the price was set with "good intentions" but they needed to "explain the rationale."
Did they ever explain the rationale?
Did they ever explain the rationale?
This post was edited on 8/27/18 at 10:03 am
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:51 am to Areddishfish
An enterprising accounting major would pay the $1,000, than screen shot the pages, print, and sell for $250 a pop to fellow students.
That’s how you do accounting.
That’s how you do accounting.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:53 am to Areddishfish
I stopped buying the book after freshman year
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:55 am to cyarrr
Holy shite!!!! My financial accounting book was $35 back in 1990. None of my accounting books were more than $50.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:00 am to Areddishfish
what are the odds that the professor teaching the class also wrote the textbook......
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:01 am to Fewer Kilometers
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UL Dean of Accounting:
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:02 am to LSUbase13
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The students need to buck up and pay their tuition, books, room and board. I graduated with no loans! I worked summers at the local Dairy Queen dammit for my $500 a semester education! The students should do the same instead of taking to their "fancy social media" and bitching!
Agreed. My $8/hr flipping burgers during the summer more than paid for my tuition, books, and housing.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:06 am to TheOcean
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Agreed. My $8/hr flipping burgers during the summer more than paid for my tuition, books, and housing.
You would have only had to work 125 hrs flipping burgers to buy this book.
I think you "I worked to pay my way through college so suck it up" people are missing the point here. Anybody would bitch (and rightfully so) about having to pay $1000 for a textbook.
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