Re: [tips] Warning: Rant: $180!!!!!

2010-08-23 Thread Maxwell Gwynn
Nancy: Is it possible for the author (namely, you) to request that Amazon activate the "Search Inside the Book" option? I'd like to look through your book to see how useful it may be to someone preparing for the Psych subject test for the GRE. -Max Maxwell Gwynn, PhD Psychology Department W

RE: [tips] Warning: Rant: $180!!!!!

2010-08-23 Thread Marc Carter
chology College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- > > > > From: Paul C Bernhardt [pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] > > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 8:23 PM > > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > > Subject: [tips]

Re: [tips] Warning: Rant: $180!!!!!

2010-08-22 Thread drnanjo
l Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:57 am Subject: RE:[tips] Warning: Rant: $180! I have talked about this in the past so most tipsters know where I stand on his. As a mom of college students (I just graduated the last one! Yeah!) I am yperaware of textbook costs and nowhere is it mo

Re: [tips] Warning: Rant: $180!!!!!

2010-08-22 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
> chapters. > > Annette > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > tay...@sandiego.edu > ____________ > From: Paul C Bernhardt [pcbe

RE:[tips] Warning: Rant: $180!!!!!

2010-08-22 Thread Annette Taylor
5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu From: Paul C Bernhardt [pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 8:23 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Warning: Rant: $180! Excuse this rant. I kno

Re: [tips] Warning: Rant: $180!!!!!

2010-08-22 Thread don allen
y, August 21, 2010 8:23 pm Subject: [tips] Warning: Rant: $180! To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > Excuse this rant. I know it isn't news, but textbook prices are > out of control. > > Out of curiosity, I checked at the bookstore for how muc

Re: [tips] Warning: Rant: $180!!!!!

2010-08-22 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
After writing my rant I did a little checking on prices of texts in other fields and without any systematic data gathering, my impression was that Psychology students are getting hammered by higher prices than others. Are there studies to show this? What you are suggesting about sharing powerpo

Re: [tips] Warning: Rant: $180!!!!!

2010-08-22 Thread michael sylvester
Education does not come cheap neither do prof salaries. Michael - Original Message - From: "Paul C Bernhardt" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 2:23 AM Subject: [tips] Warning: Rant: $180! Excuse this rant.

Re: [tips] Warning: Rant: $180!!!!!

2010-08-22 Thread Michael Smith
Yes I think textbook costs for psychology are ridiculous. I suppose the publishers are cashing in on the popularity of psychology It must be all those chapter technologies for enhanced learning. Only for visual learners though :-) It might be helpful if people posted specifically which textbooks c

[tips] Warning: Rant: $180!!!!!

2010-08-21 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Excuse this rant. I know it isn't news, but textbook prices are out of control. Out of curiosity, I checked at the bookstore for how much my students will have to pay for a copy of the text I've selected for one of my courses. $180.00 (new) That's not right. It is also about $50 more than I t