Word: textbooks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...side-effect of emphasizing explosions is that the plot suffers. Even movies which intend to ignite spirited debate about freedom and tolerance in American society end up being as profound as a Hallmark-Hall-of-Fame production. The Siege and American History X are as heavy-handed as a textbook for seventh-grade civics class...
...textbook is only used in the introductory two weeks of the course, so students can begin the semester with a chronological view of art through the ages...
Imagine a world in which each textbook is custom-made for the student with different features available at different prices...
...every 12 to 14 textbooks is sold out by the first day of class, providing the impetus for the second program, Lawrence says. The goal is to put the first two to three chapters of every textbook on the Web so that no assigned readings are ever unavailable...
...given that the players in the industry--from the Coop, to publishers and authors, to professors, to even the financial aid office--are either unable or unwilling to lessen the burden of textbook prices, using technology to give students more choice over what to read may be the only way to significantly lower the bill. --Sasha A. Haines-Stiles contributed to the reporting of this article...