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Originally Posted by murg
Since most of the universities in the US as government owned, I wonder if the ethics and/or anti-corruption laws may be applied to stop the professors from forcing their students to buy the professor's books.
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I doubt it.
Anyway, don't they keep copies on reserve in the library? If so, students aren't being forced.
I was a history major, and this next point may not apply as much to hard sciences. However -- even if none of a professor's books were assigned, I still wanted to look at them to better see where he or she was coming from. Reading some of the professor's published works is a good idea that should increase the chances of a getting an A, regardless of whether they are assigned.