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- Title
High-Priced Textbooks' Impact on Community College Student Success.
- Authors
Becker, Kristen L.; Safa, Rachel; Becker, Kyleigh M.
- Abstract
Objective: This research study examined textbook costs and student success rates at one community college in the Southwest United States. Method: Descriptive statistics were used in the study to identify the mean textbook costs and student success rates over five semesters. Chi -square tests for independence were used to determine if a statistically significant relationship exists between textbook costs and student success rates based on course level of lower or upper-level courses. Results: The chi -square tests of independence found a statistically significant relationship between textbook costs and student success rates in lower and upper-level courses. Contributions: Research shows college students often opt not to purchase commercial textbooks due to costs, thus resulting in higher D, F, and W rates. The results of this study support numerous recent research studies on the impact of textbook costs and student success.
- Subjects
UNITED States; COMMUNITY college students; ELECTRONIC textbooks; ACADEMIC achievement; SUCCESS; TEXTBOOKS; UPPER level courses (Education); RATING of students
- Publication
Community College Review, 2023, Vol 51, Issue 1, p128
- ISSN
0091-5521
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00915521221125898