Cost of textbooks graphic?

Amy Hofer

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Oct 6, 2022, 3:27:50 PM10/6/22

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Hi all, does anyone have a simplified graphic that you use to illustrate the rising cost of textbooks over time? There's this, but it's really busy: https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/chart-of-the-day-or-century-7/

Thank you!

Amy

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Wayde Oshiro

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Oct 6, 2022, 6:52:36 PM10/6/22

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Hi Amy,

Inclusiveaccess.org uses a simplified graphic to represent textbook cost vs. inflation over a shorter span of time: https://www.inclusiveaccess.org/administrators

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Bond, Paul

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Oct 7, 2022, 9:15:19 AM10/7/22

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I liked this one:
https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/chart-of-the-day-the-astronomical-rise-in-college-textbook-prices-vs-consumer-prices-and-recreational-books/
but it's a bit dated, so I found more recent data and made this:
https://sunybroome.info/library/sites/default/files/u768/textbook%20graph.png

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Amy Hofer

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Oct 10, 2022, 1:30:02 PM10/10/22

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Hi all, thank you for the replies and suggestions! I wanted to share back that Jonathan Poritz has a really clear version of the chart on his website which is licensed CC BY SA. Here's the chart and here's the page for context.