This site was created by Lily R. Hansen in September 2015 as a semester-long multimedia project for J202 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It was last updated on November 16, 2015.
All stories, videos, sound clips and infographics are the work of Lily Hansen unless otherwise noted. In result of her digital storytelling efforts, this project was included in the UW-Madison Digital Salon 2016.
Thank you to the following people for sharing their perspectives and knowledge:
- Cameron Smith, student
- Emmett Mottl, student
- Eric Williams, Interim Director of the Center for Educational Opportunity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Katie Bertness, student
- Nicholas Hillman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Rachel Dietzman, student
- Steve Scheibel, University Book Store Textbook Buyer
- Susan Fischer, Director of the Office of Student Financial Aid at the University of Wisconsin-Madison [Note: Before the completion of this project, Fischer retired from the University effective October 2015]
- Todd Reck, Assistant Director for Counseling, Outreach, and Need Analysis in the Office of Student Financial Aid
From around the Web:
- July 2005 Report on College Textbooks from the United States Government Accountability Office
- The High Cost of Textbooks report from UW-Madison
- Fixing the Broken Textbook Market from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Student PIRGS
- High Textbook Prices Have College Students Struggling by Allie Bidwell of U.S. News
- UW-Madison Libraries Textbook Initiative
- UW-Madison 2007 Textbook Cost Report for the Board of Regents
The Textbook Problem 