AMS Textbook Broke campaign urges university, professors to expand access to affordable learning materials - Ariel Qi, Ubyssey

The AMS is back with another year of the Textbook Broke campaign to engage students with the issue of the cost of course materials. According to the AMS Academic Experience Survey (AES), the average undergraduate student spends around $760 on textbooks and course materials in 2018.The AES also indicates seven in ten students at UBC choose not to buy textbooks or other educational material because of their cost. Moreover, nine in ten students bought educational materials but rarely needed to use them. https://www.ubyssey.ca/news/AMS-textbook-broke-campaign-urges-access-to-affordable-learning-materials/