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, political-science sophomore Nate Krautz asked Sen. Terri Bonoff what legislators have done to curb the escalating cost of textbooks.

The Minnetonka DFLer who chairs the Higher Education Committee replied that lawmakers did address the problem last session -- and wanted to address it even more:

 (even among MnSCU schools) -- is related to 

 -- and faculty, this is not [meant] to be said disrespectfully, rather just to point to the facts -- faculty has so much control around what their syllabus is and what's acceptable in terms of accepting transfer credits. And because of that, they also then, of course, decide which textbooks [to use in class] and so there isn't much universal sameness between classes, universities, colleges. And so the costs are higher that way.

As Bonoff hinted, though, she could encounter 

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At a listening session yesterday at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, political-science sophomore Nate Krautz asked Sen. Terri Bonoff what legislators have done to curb the escalating cost of textbooks. The Minnetonka DFLer who chairs the Higher Education Committee replied that lawmakers did address the problem last session — and wanted to address it even 

At a listening session yesterday at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, political-science sophomore Nate Krautz asked Sen. Terri Bonoff what legislators have done to curb the escalating cost of textbooks. The Minnetonka DFLer who chairs the Higher Education Committee replied that lawmakers did address the problem last session — and wanted to address it even Read more →


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