Textbook and Homework Access Code Costs in Higher Education: Student, Academic Dean and Department Head Perspectives on Costs and Implications for Learning

Walz, Anita R.

Textbook and Homework Access Code Costs in Higher Education: Student, Academic Dean and Department Head Perspectives on Costs and Implications for Learning

dc.contributor.author	Walz, Anita R.	en
dc.coverage.spatial	Blacksburg, VA	en
dc.date.accessioned	2017-02-17T21:03:02Z	en
dc.date.available	2017-02-17T21:03:02Z	en
dc.date.issued	2017-02-17	en
dc.description.abstract	Research presentation at the 2017 Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Virginia Tech. Increased costs of college textbooks by 864% between 1978 and 2013 has spurred numerous studies and expanded student, faculty, library, bookstore, and administrative efforts to reduce costs while maintaining or enhancing student learning potentials. Recent state and national student surveys report substantive impacts of required textbook costs including: student perceived reduction in academic achievement, negative impacts on drop-fail-withdraw rates, and students increasingly treating required materials as optional (Hill, 2016). In an effort to understand local experience, a mixed-methods study replicated and extended multiple student survey questions at a large research university. A companion survey of College Deans and Department Heads at the same institution identified the presence of conversation, concerns, and coordinated and ad-hoc responses to rising textbook and homework software costs. This presentation will highlight findings at one large research university in comparison to and beyond the national context.	en
dc.description.notes	false (Extension publication?)	en
dc.identifier.orcid	Walz, AR [0000-0002-1971-0139]	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/75059	en
dc.relation.uri	http://www.cideronline.org/conference/presentation1.cfm?pid=3021	en
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	en
dc.title	Textbook and Homework Access Code Costs in Higher Education: Student, Academic Dean and Department Head Perspectives on Costs and Implications for Learning	en
dc.type	Presentation	en
pubs.organisational-group	/Virginia Tech	en
pubs.organisational-group	/Virginia Tech/Library	en