{"id":440,"date":"2017-01-19T12:17:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T17:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=440"},"modified":"2017-01-19T12:17:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T17:17:58","slug":"textbook-costs-are-heavy-burden-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/01\/19\/textbook-costs-are-heavy-burden-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Textbook Costs are \u2018Heavy Burden\u2019 for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-442\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-442\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/books.jpg\" alt=\"iStock\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/books.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/books-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scraping up enough money to purchase textbooks weighs heavily on the minds of many college students, according to staffers at New America.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington, DC-based think tank convened students and parents this fall for a series of focus groups. The gatherings offered participants the opportunity to share their opinions about higher education and student success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents and parents alike had a lot to say about the cost of tuition and the institutions themselves, and offered policy ideas they believed could alleviate some of the things that weren\u2019t working,\u201d New America staff members Ernest Ezeugo and Manuela Ekowo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/education-policy\/edcentral\/students-no-1-higher-education-obstacle-may-surprise-you\/\">wrote in a recent blog post<\/a>. \u201cBut when students were asked what they thought the most problematic aspects of college were, it was the cost of textbooks that most animated the room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Average textbook costs can total more than $1,200 a year at some institutions. But students are expected to purchase books and other materials prior to or shortly after classes begin \u2014 in some cases before financial aid is disbursed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis can be a heavy burden, especially for underserved student populations with limited resources,\u201d noted Ezeugo and Ekowo, who say more must be done to lower the cost of required course materials.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/education-policy\/edcentral\/students-no-1-higher-education-obstacle-may-surprise-you\/\">Read the full post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scraping up enough money to purchase textbooks weighs heavily on the minds of many college students, according to staffers at New America. The Washington, DC-based think tank convened students and parents this fall for a series of focus groups. The gatherings offered participants the opportunity to share their opinions about higher education and student success. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/01\/19\/textbook-costs-are-heavy-burden-for-students\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Textbook Costs are \u2018Heavy Burden\u2019 for Students<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,7],"tags":[240,234],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","category-cost-of-college","tag-cost-of-textbooks","tag-new-america"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-76","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}