print email comment close College Textbooks: Enhanced Offerings Appear to Drive Recent Price Increases URL: http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-05-806 Description: This 2005 government report considers changes in college textbook prices and what factors have contributed to these changes (such as CD-ROMs and other instructional supplements). The report notes that "in the last two decades, college textbook prices have increased at twice the rate of inflation but have followed close behind tuition increases." Includes a summary and the full text, with diagrams and charts. From the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Publisher: Government Accountability Office (GAO) LII Database Information: Record 24654 created by Maria Brandt on 10/08/2007 Last modification on 03/11/2009 Published: 10/10/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24654