To provide more affordable course content to our students and faculty, local data on how students perceive textbook expenses and how the costs impact student success would be necessary in order to advocate to faculty and other stakeholders. This survey, conducted at a mid-sized research public institution, aims to explore student perceptions of textbooks and how these perceptions influence academic success. The results reveal that students feel that the cost of required textbooks is unreasonable and that students are more likely to purchase required textbooks for in-major classes than for elective or general education courses. The most common means of reducing costs are purchasing from a vendor other than the campus bookstore, renting, or sharing books with classmates. Implications for academic success included not purchasing required textbooks or withdrawing from a course due to not having the materials. Students whose majors are housed in the College of Business have the highest textbook costs.

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大学生对课本成本的看法及其对学业成功的影响

为了向我们的学生和教职员工提供更实惠的课程内容，为了提倡向教职员工和其他利益相关者宣传，需要有关学生如何看待教科书费用以及这些费用如何影响学生成功的本地数据。这项调查是在一家中等规模的研究型公共机构进行的，旨在探讨学生对教科书的看法以及这些看法如何影响学术成就。结果表明，学生认为所需教科书的费用是不合理的，并且与选修课或通识教育课程相比，学生在主要班级购买所需教科书的可能性更大。降低成本的最常见方法是从校园书店以外的其他供应商处购买，出租或与同学共享书本。对学术成功的影响包括不购买必需的教科书或由于没有材料而退出课程。商学院开设专业的学生课本费用最高。