College Students Are Using Twitter To Protest Ridiculously High Textbook Costs
College students around the country are using Twitter to protest high textbook costs, uniting under #textbookbroke to publically air how much they're paying for one of the hidden costs of higher
Pictures posted with the hashtag show how students are dropping several hundred dollars each semester to pay for textbooks needed for their classes. As one Wisconsin-based researcher told a local ABC station, advocates plan on showing these tweets and pictures to university administrators and state legislators to demonstrate how much students are struggling with the costs.
"We just want to put it into the spotlight. We want them to do something about it. We want legislators to see these pictures to know that there are people that need help," he said.
Check out some of the ridiculous prices students are paying below:
#textbookbroke pic.twitter.com/M3ahfymVpf
- MASSPIRG UMD (@MASSPIRGUMD) January 27, 2014
He is clearly disgusted with this price for a math book. #textbookbroke @higheredpirg pic.twitter.com/9hRGwHb2tm
- UH PIRG (@UHPIRG) January 27, 2014
This nursing major spends about $2000 a year on her textbooks! She's #textbookbroke pic.twitter.com/y151KItI5Z
- SOU OSPIRG (@SOUOSPIRG) January 27, 2014
Over $1000 for textbooks. He is #textbookbroke #UIC #opentextbooks pic.twitter.com/wlojvjTKUR
- Illinois PIRG (@IllinoisPIRG) January 28, 2014
Even the sign is crying because the students are so #textbookbroke @HigherEdPIRG pic.twitter.com/0E9WYaZFHs
- Kiana Doyle (@KianaRainDoyle) January 29, 2014
$460 spent on textbooks on top of tuition and institution fees. #textbookbroke @HigherEdPIRG pic.twitter.com/owUL9ANNgn
- Florida PIRG (@Florida_PIRG) January 29, 2014
@umdsga #textbookbroke pic.twitter.com/rnlmzWiP7V
- Eric Riedel (@Riedel_runs) February 12, 2014
#textbookbroke @UMDSGA pic.twitter.com/JdQllTHcmw
- Aiden Aurora (@AnAurorasaurus) February 12, 2014
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