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Online Learning Could Restrict Students' Access to Affordable Textbooks

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Online Learning Could Restrict Students' Access to Affordable Textbooks Daily Bruin Textbook affordability advocates worry that the transition to online learning will limit access to course materials for low-income students. Many academic institutions have had to transition to at least partial remote instruction because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although UCLA chose to offer a mix of in-person and online classes, only 8% of classes will be held in-person in the fall, and students may be dependent on internet access. Sixty-six percent of students surveyed by the United States Public Interest Research Group did not buy their assigned course materials due to cost, according to a June report. Out of nearly 4,000 students surveyed across 83 institutions, 25% reported needing to work extra hours to afford course materials and 11% skipped buying meals to afford textbooks, the report found. READ MORE

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