Opinion: A textbook case of educational inequity

For university and college faculty, the start of a new year means it is once again time for our inboxes to be flooded with emails from students asking, “Do I really need the textbook?” or “May I use an older edition?” And for good reason. The cost of textbooks has risen by 1,041 per cent since 1977, more than triple the rate of inflation. Textbooks can cost anything between $50 and $450 for a single course, accounting for up to 40 per cent of a post-secondary student&rsqu