TY - BOOK ID - 80833067 TI - College textbook costs PY - 2013 SN - 9781628086973 1628086971 9781628086959 1628086955 PB - New York DB - UniCat KW - Textbooks KW - College textbooks KW - School-books KW - Schoolbooks KW - Text-books KW - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc. KW - Costs. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80833067 AB - The rising costs of postsecondary education present challenges to maintaining college affordability. Textbooks are an important factor students need to consider when calculating the overall cost of attending college. In an effort to ensure that faculty and students have sufficient information about textbooks, Congress included requirements in the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) concerning publisher and school disclosures, as well as publisher provisions of individual course materials. The HEOA directed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine the implementation of the new ER -