Teacher Fired for Refusing to Make Students Buy Pricey Textbooks

One of many issues with for-profit schools,,,besides the fact that many "graduates" are also unemployable and credits are not always transferable,,,

But there’s more going on here than meets the eye. According to an article on Good.is, all fifty schools bearing the Art Institute’s name are owned by a company called Education Management Corporation (otherwise known as EDMC.) EDMC exclusively uses e-books offered through a service called Digital Bookshelf, which is run by EDMC’s distributor, VitalSource. Art Institute requires students to pay $50-$75 to Digital Bookshelf to download a copy of each e-book required by their teachers―but the downloads are only temporary, lasting just the duration of the semester. Students are not allowed to substitute a hardcopy for an e-book; they may buy one in addition, but the download is required under all circumstances.

According to the article, Tracy feels that the Art Institute has constructed a system to insure students pay money for books they may not even need, and ones they can't even sell back after the semester is over.

Teacher Fired for Refusing to Make Students Buy Pricey Textbooks


This is the petition to sign if you are interested:

Petitioning The Art Institute of California - Orange County: Stop forcing students to buy unneccesary books