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Archive Home > 2006 > September > 21 > Students shell out more for textbooks

Students shell out more for textbooks

Book costs have grown at twice the inflation rate in the last 20 years

By Monique Balas / The Bulletin
September 21, 2006

Alejandra Canales, 20, left the campus bookstore recently with her hands full and her wallet empty.

Canales, of Redmond, was preparing for the start of classes Monday at Central Oregon Community College by doing something college students love to hate: buying books.

For $275.45, the full-time....

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