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Can a professor make you buy a book they wrote?
For any professor who is in the position to assign his own books (plural) is almost certainly tenured. So this means that your professor has already been paid to write that book she’s making you buy. And this is indeed why, to this day, the “advance” for almost all academic books is zero dollars.
Why it is unethical for teachers to supply books in school?
Professors are trusted to assign readings that would best aid students in their pursuit of academic success. It is inappropriate for a professor to financially gain from students who are afflicted by such high academic costs. …
Should I get a textbook?
Buying e-versions of textbooks will save you some money on the cost of your books, and you won’t strain your back carrying them to class. But using an e-reader isn’t always the best choice. What you’ll gain in ease of use might make it worth the extra money and weight.
How much do textbook writers make?
Textbook Writer Salary
Annual Salary | Monthly Pay | |
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Top Earners | $85,000 | $7,083 |
75th Percentile | $64,000 | $5,333 |
Average | $53,985 | $4,498 |
25th Percentile | $35,000 | $2,916 |
When does a professor not use a book in a course?
If the book is relevant, but the professor assigns students to buy the book and then never uses the book in the course. If the book is clearly inferior to other available materials. Perhaps the professor self-publishes a book that no other self-respecting instructor would ever adopt.
Should professors sell their own textbooks to their students?
Pardon the skeptics, but hearing a professor who sells their textbooks they wrote to their classes, say selling their own textbooks to their classes isn’t unethical isn’t very convincing, nor comforting knowing that they’re profiting off of their students twice. Is this the passive income that boomers love to talk about?
Why would a professor self-publish a book?
If the book is clearly inferior to other available materials. Perhaps the professor self-publishes a book that no other self-respecting instructor would ever adopt. If the professor makes grades contingent upon buying new copies of the book—rather than buying or borrowing used copies.
Do students enroll in courses because of professors?
The AAUP says, “In some cases, indeed, students enroll in courses because of what they know about the professor from his or her writings and because they hope to engage in discussion with the professor about those writings in the classroom.” And all that money involved? The AAUP says, “More often than not, the profits are trivial or nonexistent.”
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