PIRG in the News

Groups target textbook prices to rein in college costs

A push to create free or inexpensive textbooks is gaining momentum as educators, philanthropists and policymakers nationwide search for new ways to rein in college costs.

Media Hit | Foods, Hunger

Pick a card: Eat or starve

The New Mexico Public Interest Research Group hosted a hunger demonstration near Smith Plaza in honor of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.

Media Hit | Higher Ed, Textbooks

Mascots rally against pricey textbooks

Textbook Rebellion, a national movement to lower textbook prices, visited UNM Tuesday with its mascots, Mr. $200 Textbook and the Textbook Rebel.  UNM’s chapter of New Mexico Public Interest Research Group sponsored the event to gather petition signatures and get students interested in ways to lower textbook prices.

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