textbooks

Can You Save Money by Renting Textbooks?

Posted September 4, 2009 - 17:10 by Xin Lu

Budgeting

Chegg

When I went to college it was unheard of to rent textbooks, but a number of outfits such as Chegg, Campus Book Rentals, and BookRenter.com have sprung up in the last few years that allow students to rent good quality textbooks at a fraction of the purchase price. As an experiment, I checked out these sites to see if it is really worthwhile to rent a textbook and here are my findings with real examples.

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Back to School: The Case for majoring in English

Posted August 22, 2008 - 15:46 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Career Building

This time of year college recruiters and counselors at both traditional and online colleges are selling students on the 'majors come lately': Criminal Justice, Business, Child Development, Information Technology, etc. But these majors are a one way ticket to a very specific job market that might not be there when you graduate and some are expensive to get into. Enter the tried and true English major. More bang for your buck. More options later.

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School Bookstores Can't Afford Cheap Textbooks

Posted January 31, 2008 - 11:11 by Thursday Bram

Shopping

Textbooks

I'm taking just one course this semester, with just one reasonably priced textbook. According to the back cover, the price was $29.95, but that isn't the price I paid. I purchased a brand new copy at Amazon.com for $19.77. I could have bought it for $15.89 but I would have lost out on free shipping.

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