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Re:How California campuses are fixing the problem of pricey ... by thephyber on Thursday February 15, 2018 @02:52PM (#16386976)
> This semester though I’m forced to purchase a $200 textbook just so I can turn in my homework through some online system

Walled gardens encroaching on education.

Can you mention what system it is? There's a few thousand entrepreneurs on this site that might be interested in disrupting broken business models like that one.

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Re:How California campuses are fixing the problem of pricey ... by dsfyu404ed on Thursday February 15, 2018 @03:47PM (#16387479)
Probably Pearson My$subjectLab. Educators hate it too.

There exist free alternatives at least for math but it's kind of a MS-office vs libreoffice situation.

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Re:How California campuses are fixing the problem of pricey ... by trillic on Thursday February 15, 2018 @05:07PM (#16388190)
My profs write and grade their own problem sets. Turn them in via email or Canvas. There are other alternatives.
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Re:How California campuses are fixing the problem of pricey ... by fjsolwmv on Thursday February 15, 2018 @11:28PM (#16389868)
You go to a rare school that isn't a scam.
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