1) Why do textbooks cost so much at MSU?
2) From where does MSU buy their textbooks?
3) Do new editions really need to be made every year?
4) What percentage of students take out loans for textbooks explicitly.
5) Does the fact that Professors don’t incur any financial loss for requiring textbooks to students inhibit them from teaching to their best ability?
6) Could the University set up an online textbook library where you would pay a monthly fee to access all the books online?
7) Is e-books a beneficial alternative for students?
8) Should there be a deadline in the summer for faculty to select the books required for class so that students can shop around online finding the best deals on them?
9) Have their been any efforts by universities to try and make textbooks more affordable for students?
10) Could books for freshman and sophomores be made available online since the first two years are typically general education courses?
11) Other than the state of California, are there any states trying to push for a bill that will create an open-source e-book library?
12) What is the total amount of revenue that universities make per year from textbooks?
13) Can the university help faculty with becoming cost-conscious through book adoption strategies?
14) Why do students get paid less than 20% of the book value at the end of each semester?
15) Could MSU partner with an online book rental site to help reduce costs for students?
16) Can there be a longer time period for students to return rental books?
17) Can we implement scholarships directly for covering textbook costs for students?
18) Can the university let students know more directly that all textbooks are made available at the library for a limited checkout time?
19) Do professors just choose the books they are most familiar with?
20) How long does it take to make a full-colored textbook?
21) Is there a difference in grades for students who use a physical copy, or electronic copy of the same textbook?
22) Could universities afford to supply students with Kindles, or IPads?
23) Are textbooks actually helpful, or are professors not teaching to the best of their abilities?
24) What percentage of college kids skimp out on textbooks because they cannot afford them?
25) Would making textbooks sales tax-free save students a good amount of money in the long run?
26) Wouldn’t it make sense for colleges to adopt electronic books for students since they grew up with so much technology in the first place?
27) Why hasn’t the government done anything regarding textbook publishers becoming monopolized?
28) Have the bundling of books and online discs shown to increase student’s ability to learn the material, or is it a farce?
29) Should publishers give the college faculty a list price of the textbooks for which they require for their class?
30) Should MSU let students about Boundless?
