A quick chat about textbooks and cost

[audio href="http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media_player/popup.php?name=minnesota/news/features/2011/02/01/textbooks_20110201_64" title="What's up with textbooks?"]My conversation with Tom Crann on All Things Considered[/audio]

Just a rundown of what I've been posting here on On Campus. It skims the issue for the general audience, but is based on the report that the Office of Higher Education presented to the House higher-ed committee.

The report focused on the role of professors. But faculty: Don't get hot under the collar. You're not the problem. You're just seen as a solution, and the report gives you a nudge.

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