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re: UL Lafayette Charges $1,000 for online accounting book
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:26 am to LSUbase13
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:26 am to LSUbase13
quote:
Yep. $1,000 is nothing short of unethical.
Interestingly enough, when I took Ethics at UL, the professor wrote the textbook and sold it spiral bound through the university press for $20, if I remember correctly.
Ethics textbook: $20
Business related class textbook: $1000
Hmmm.
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Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:26 am to Fewer Kilometers
Yeah I was behind on the times.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:26 am to Areddishfish
my first semester of tuition was less than 1,000.00
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:27 am to TigerstuckinMS
quote:
Ethics textbook: $20
Business related class textbook: $1000
Hmmm.
Dean's name must be Eric
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:28 am to Areddishfish
And yet people will come here and tell us about how they worked themselves through college without assistance, blah blah blah.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:29 am to Areddishfish
In 10 years college will be no better than what high school is now. The quality will be a joke unless you're at an Ivy League school.
At some point people are going to have to stop encouraging their children to go to college. It's the only way to stop this madness. You can't pay off $50k in debt working at Starbucks.
At some point people are going to have to stop encouraging their children to go to college. It's the only way to stop this madness. You can't pay off $50k in debt working at Starbucks.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:31 am to Areddishfish
The salt in the wound is that there are no buy-backs at the end of the semester for e-books.
So these kids won't even get that $5 beer money for their used book.
So these kids won't even get that $5 beer money for their used book.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:32 am to Fewer Kilometers
yeah this is clearly a ripoff
i actually am thinking about making a public records request for documents related to this pricing decision
i actually am thinking about making a public records request for documents related to this pricing decision
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:33 am to Areddishfish
The textbook I'm writing will be under $100. 
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:34 am to Pecker
Half the country believes in free shite, of which free college has become a Democratic platform. It's going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
This post was edited on 8/27/18 at 10:35 am
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:37 am to Areddishfish
I'm taking a couple classes online through Mcneese and for the most part the teachers don't give a shite and you have to buy a new book and online access code. It can be a few hundred bucks for one book. The teachers that give a shite have all the testing and coursework go through moodle and you can rent a book for 25 bucks.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:37 am to LordSaintly
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Publishing costs probably aren't zero, but it's certainly much cheaper than a hard copy. It's why e-books are always relatively cheaper.
Surprisingly this isn't really the case
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:37 am to Areddishfish
ebay
Amazon
Textbooks.com
Amazon
Textbooks.com
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:42 am to Pecker
quote:
At some point people are going to have to stop encouraging their children to go to college. It's the only way to stop this madness. You can't pay off $50k in debt working at Starbucks.
if i could start over i would have gone to trade school out of college. i basically fricked off at LSU for 4 years then dropped out and taught myself a trade and then when I was promoted to an office role I started putting myself through school. I'll be about 10 or 15k in debt when I'm done but at least I know i've got some sort of career to pay them with.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:43 am to jmarto1
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They know most of these kids are paying with student loans backed by the government.
This appears to be intro to managerial accounting class. A pretty basic class taken not only be entry-level accounting students, but other business majors may take this as well. Generally the second class you take in your accounting journey (after Intro to financial accounting), and this is generally a sophomore class.
My guess is many of these kids are on TOPS, so the school feels the kids can borrow the money to pay for the online textbook.
If the rationale is anything other than "we make a mistake and put $999 instead of $99", then there needs to be an investigation into this.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:43 am to celltech1981
go to SLU, they rent books at $25- per course (at least that's what they were doing when my daughter was there) graduated in 2016
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:46 am to TigerstuckinMS
Business ethics text book: $1,020
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:51 am to Steadyhands
I had a professor require me to buy a $250 book for his class, which I never used. I had to take the class, and he wouldn't let me schedule it without buying the book. It was an independent study CAD class, and the assignment were optional (except for the final). I scanned through it, the assignments were below my level, so I just turned in the final two weeks into the semester. The final was something he came up with, and wasn't in the book.
Now, I'm stuck with a $250 book that was only opened for two minutes
Now, I'm stuck with a $250 book that was only opened for two minutes
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:53 am to Hammertime
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Now, I'm stuck with a $250 book that was only opened for two minutes
You didn't try to sell it back?
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:53 am to LordSaintly
if the professor makes everyone buy his book, i doubt there is a market for used copies of it
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