A Spring 2020 survey asked faculty what is important to them when selecting required textbooks.
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Less than 25% of faculty said they assign an access code/eTextbook
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About 27% of faculty ask students to spend 0-$50 for each course
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Nearly 2/3 of faculty say they assigned 75-100% of a book
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Around 3/4 of faculty say they are very aware of textbook cost when they assign books