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ERIC Number: EJ368122
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Faculty Awareness of Textbook Prices.
Sommer, Robert; And Others
Teaching of Psychology, v15 n1 p17-21 Feb 1988
Reports that variation in textbook prices is not correlated with textbook quality as judged by instructors and that university faculty are less price conscious when selecting textbooks than are community college faculty. States that, if faculty had greater access to price information, textbook prices would decrease. Makes recommendations for increasing price awareness among faculty. (Author/GEA)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Higher Education, Professors, Psychology, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Research, Textbook Selection
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Pricing