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Custom Course Materials Help Students Succeed and Save
Read AAP statement on custom textbooks
July 11, 2008
The Value of a Textbook
Read a professor's view of textbook value and cost
Inside Higher Education, June 2, 2008
Textbook Industry Misunderstood
Op-ed, Columbus Dispatch, May 17, 2008
Publishers’ Efforts Put Student Education and
Quality First
Read AAP statement on the Student
PIRGs “Statement to Make
Textbooks Affordable”
April 18, 2008
Publishers Support Pending NY Legislation,
Efforts to Increase Easy Access to Information
Read statement on NYPIRG Report by Bruce Hildebrand,
Executive Director for Higher Education
April 9, 2008
Editorial: Textbook legislation would hurt students in the end
Read Textbook travails: The solution isn’t to go after publishers
Rocky Mountain News, November 30, 2007
Ohio Bill Would Restrict Faculty Choice
Read statement on Senate Bill 151 from
Bruce Hildebrand, Executive Director for Higher Education
October 30, 2007
Publishing Representatives Testify before
Ohio State Senate Committee on Education
Read Jeffery W. Johnston’s (Pearson Education) full testimony
Read Bruce Hildebrand's full testimony
Publishers offer lower-cost alternatives to
help hold
down college textbook costs
AAP statement on College Board’s 2007 Trends in College Pricing report
October 22, 2007
Publishing Representatives Testify Before Mass. State Joint Committee on Higher Education
Read Sandi Kirshner’s (Pearson Education) full testimony
Read PJ Boardman's (Cengage Learning) full testimony
October 2, 2007
Massachusetts Bill Would Drive Up Textbook Prices
Read statement on House Bill 1200 from Bruce Hildebrand,
Executive Director for Higher Education
October 2, 2007
Expanding the Textbook Debate to Include Student Success
Read Patricia S. Schroeder’s op-ed on California textbook legislation
Sacramento Bee, October 1, 2007
Go to the Head of the Class
Click Here to Read About How Digital Materials are Helping Students
The Seybold Report, August 23, 2007
AAP Lauds College Board’s Education Pays Report
Updated, Advanced Educational Materials Are Key
to Student Success
Read Why Textbooks Cost So Much
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 16, 2007
AAP holds briefing on higher education technology and
college textbooks
for Congressional staff members
John Sargent, CEO of Holtzbrinck Publishers
Testifies before ACSFA
Read Sargent's full testimony
Stephen Hochheiser, Vice President, Thomson Learning
Appears before ACSFA
Read Hochheiser's full remarks
AAP Responds to ACSFA College Textbook Report
Read statement from Bruce Hildebrand,
Executive Director for Higher Education
ACT Report Confirms High School Graduates
Unready for College-Level Study
Read AAP's statement on how publishers are responding
to help students transition from high school to college
New Educational Technologies Are Helping Prepare
Students for the 21st-Century Workplace
Click here to read Beyond Paper, Ink and Cardboard
Community College Journal, April/May 2007
Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA)
reacts to proposed textbook legislation in Oregon
Read TAA's press release on how the bill restricts
faculties' selection of course materials.
CALPIRG’s Mantra: Don’t Let Facts Get in the Way
Read AAP response to latest unfounded arguments by PIRG
Miami Professor: Publishers are important
to the
learning process
Click here to read a letter by Carmela McIntire,
Florida International University
Miami Herald, February 24, 2007
Misinformation Still Dominates PIRG’s Latest “Report”
Read AAP response to PIRG false claims about textbooks
Michael W. Brandl, PhD: Professors' freedom
to
choose materials is under attack
Click here to read "No Longer Free to Choose”
Inside Higher Ed, February 2, 2007
Remarks: Ed Stanford, President,
McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Advisory Committee
on
Student Financial Assistance
Field Hearing, Chicago, December 18, 2006
Pat Schroeder's letter to Advisory Committee on
Student Financial Assistance, November 15, 2006
Schroeder: College cost-cutting should not hit the books
Austin American-Statesman, November 2, 2006
AAP response to PIRG's latest attacks
Read More: A Look at PIRG’s Consistent Use of Misinformation
AAP Appears Before Advisory Committee on
Student Financial Assistance...Read More
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This Semester, Save Money and Succeed: As students across the country return to campus this month, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) released a list of tips for students on how to save money on textbooks...Read More
Myths and Facts About College Textbooks: While other
higher education costs continue to rise faster than the price of textbooks, Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) projects have waged a biased and misleading campaign against publishers of textbooks...Read More
James A. Boyle, President of College Parents of America: College students and their parents often ask me for the reasons behind rising textbook prices and what, if anything can be done to curtail such consistently large increases...Read More
Press Releases
Publishers Launch Look-Up Service to Speed Delivery
of Course Materials to Print-Disabled Students
August 22, 2006
Publishers Announce Web Site for Post-secondary Institutions’ Disability Support Services
July 19, 2006
Publishers Launch Alternative Formats Solutions Initiative (AFSI)
March 22, 2006
Publishers' Role More Important Than Ever In High School
Achievement And College Success, Pat Schroeder Tells
Washington Education Summit
October 11, 2005
AAP Releases Textbook Tip Sheet
September 13, 2005
Female College Students Study More, Make Higher Grades
and Graduate In Less Time
August 24, 2005
Changes in Technologies and Student Learning Drive College Textbook Prices, Concludes GAO Study
August 16, 2005
Publishers Refute PIRG Assertions, Show Flawed Data Used
by Group to Make Claims
April 7, 2005
Association of American Publishers Receives RSVP from
Public Interest Research Group
February 8, 2005
Zogby Nationwide Survey Finds Overwhelming Faculty Support for College Textbooks, New Teaching Technologies
February 1, 2005
Student Success Dependent on Textbooks
January 25, 2005
Higher Education Goes High-Tech
October 19, 2004
Higher Ed Textbooks Represent Value and
Flexibility Publishers Tell Congress
July 20, 2004
Publishers Protest Elimination of Textbook Funds in California
March 10, 2004
Pat Schroeder's Open Letter to College Bookstores
October 28, 2003
AAP Releases Brochure on Supplemental Materials
July 24, 2003
AAP School Division Releases New Brochure on Instructional Materials
April 2, 2003
Association of American Publishers Provides Important
on Book Packaging
November 1, 2001
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Contact Info
J. Bruce Hildebrand
Executive Director for Higher Education
202.347.3375
bhildebrand@publishers.org
Stacy Scarazzo Skelly
Assistant Director for Higher Education
202.347.3375
sskelly@publishers.org
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