Overpriced & UnderdeliveredThe price for cengage can come at great expense to college students, especially when considering the already growing costs of tuition, rent, food, and other basic living expenses. Seeing a company that provides e-books, you would expect that would adjust to make lives on students easier, with quick access to learning and study materials. Unfortunately, that is not the case. First, cengage removes all access to learning materials once the course is over, suggestion their greater interest in generating profit. They are a company howver, so that is to be expected. What I found concerning was the high price and marketing pitch of their coursemate option, which provides an ebook, notecards, games, powerpoints, and more to support the learning process. Upon purchase, I found this to be outdate and unuseful. The entire coursemate program is run using java, which is not supported by all modern internet browsers. This just reminds students that these materials have not been updated in years (despite the textbook being updated frequently) and there is no real use to them. Students are not going to go to internet explorer just to use some outdated course materials. If you want students to purchase the materials, and to actually encourage the learning process, update the materials to reflect the environment students are working in now.
