1. High-Priced Textbooks' Impact on Community College Student Success.
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Becker, Kristen L., Safa, Rachel, and Becker, Kyleigh M.
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COMMUNITY college students , *ELECTRONIC textbooks , *ACADEMIC achievement , *SUCCESS , *TEXTBOOKS , *UPPER level courses (Education) , *RATING of students - 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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