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College costs extend far beyond tuition- with housing, commuting, and living expenses all contributing to a pricey proposition, and a potentially very expensive degree. College graduates continue to rack up debt at an alarming rate, with 60% of new graduates carrying quite a financial burden, including graduates of the class of 2007 who owe an average of $22,700 each, as reported by the College Board. Textbook costs add significantly to the financial grief, and they’ve been a cause for complaint from college students of multiple generations. In fact, textbook prices are such a contentious issue that even Barack Obama entered the debate during a speech from his presidential campaign run, loudly proclaiming that “Books are a big scam.” He went on to explain that “law professors [who] write their own text books and then assign it to their students… make a mint. It’s a huge racket.”

The U.S. Department of Education released a study last Friday that found distance learning–or hybrid learning (also known as blended learning), where online study is combined with campus-based study–is considered a more efficient approach than traditional, behind-the-desk classrooms.

During the summer, schools turn into ghost towns. Sidewalks once teeming with hundreds of students moving from class-to-class become so thin, you can count all the dried gumspots on the ground. Residue from chalk from student councils quickly fades into dust as June turns to July.