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No idea why this is downvoted, same thing here. Ripping off students through overpriced mandatory textbooks is not a worldwide phenomena. Through CS Bachelor a
by cf141q5325 7y ago
No idea why this is downvoted, same thing here.
Ripping off students through overpriced mandatory textbooks is not a worldwide phenomena. Through CS Bachelor and Master I too have never had to buy a coursebook. The few books that were needed for extremely standardized courses like math 1-3 were available in sufficient numbers in the library.
It takes two to force students to spend so much on books, a publisher can price their books anyway they like if there isnt a university forcing their students to use them. That for profit universities dont have a problem with that is not surprising.
- reallydontask 7y ago> Through CS Bachelor and Master I too have never had to buy a coursebook. It is entirely possible that your experience might be relevant for CS, I don't know I did a Physics degree, but there are a lot more degrees out there than CS or Physics, for which your experience might not be representative, in other words: There probably are degrees out there that do require the textbooks or if not actual requirement, it makes the learning experience better.