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From: Charles Evans [mailto:cevans4@uillinois.edu]Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 5:54 PMTo: Garecht, CarolCc: Alexander, Gary; Murphy Marshall, Marilyn M.Subject: Re: Draft of the Textbook StudyI am impressed with much of the detail in the study -- it provides a foundation for decision making. Atthe same time, I have the following, three concerns:• The first and most significant appears in the "Conclusion" (pg 9) of the Executive Summary andthe <strong>Report</strong> (pg. 45) itself -- "Textbook rental programs...could help reduce the financial burdenon students and families... but then notes that to be successful, "they will need the support ofinstitutional administrators, students, faculty and publishers" That statement is followed,somewhat curiously, by the following sentence -- "Some states have found legislative action aneffective tool ..." The big stopper, in my opinion, is not institutional support, etc., but the $218Min start-up costs. From where will that money come? If that is what is meant by "legislativeaction," then okay but I doubt it. I believe a reference to the significant start-up costs needs toappear in the summary conclusions.• My second concern has to do with the examples presented for Illinois -- two regional universitiesand two rural community colleges. Although there is a statement (pg.21) that "none of theinstitutions (presented nationwide) are research institutions," the point that approximately 1% ofdegree granting institutions nationwide offer textbook rental seems to get lost. There are sound,academic reasons why textbook rental programs would not support quality teaching at certain,larger institutions. Those reasons need to be carefully articulated.• Finally, when we did an earlier review of textbook costs for Chair Jim Kaplan, I was impressedby the efforts of many faculty and departments to mitigate the high costs of textbooks. A few ofthose actions are noted on page #45 but, If this is to be valid and fair study, a better sense of thoseefforts occurring on our campuses should be included.Dr. Charles EvansAssociate Vice PresidentUniversity of Illinois-122-
From: Devi Prasad V.Potluri [mailto:vpotluri@csu.edu]Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 12:03 PMTo: Pearce, RichardSubject: RE: Textbook study draftI circulated the draft among the Faculty here at CSU.Here is the summary of the comments I received from my colleagues at CSU so far.1. The faculty have no problem in helping to reduce the cost of text books . they are already doing certainthings thatare included in the recommendations - like - Trying to inform the bookshop on time [ three monthsbefore] so that books can be ordered on time;trying to restrict the orders without any bundling; trying as much as possible not to restrict the studentsto buy new editions [ older editions are being usedif they are not significantly different]; so that students can buy used books from several used book sellers.Some departments are trying to develop a three yearcourse offering schedules which will help identify the books also in advance. The library is willing to keepa copy of each text book if there is budgetary support for it.2. Several of our student depend on book vouchers to buy books. These can only be redeemed at the CSUbookshop run by a a Private entity. While the bookshop has used books,by the time vouchers are issued to students, the used books are gone. They have no choice but to buy newbooks.3. The book rental program is not feasible for CSU . We will try all other options to help reduce the cost ofbooks.If and when I get more comments, I will pass them to you.***************************************************************************************************************Dr. Devi Prasad V. PotluriAssoc. Prof. of BotanyDepartment of Biological SciencesChicago State University9501 S. King Dr.Chicago, IL 60628Phone: 773 995 2199e-mail: vpotluri@csu.edu-123-
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A Report on the Fe
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................
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Estimated Textbook Rental Cost Per
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYGrowing apprehensi
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• Faculty members, administrators
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ConclusionTextbook rental programs
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INTRODUCTIONAcross the nation, the
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increase in tuition and fees (7 per
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Source: Government Accountability O
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The IBHE’s 2006 survey found that
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ookstores, 17 percent to friends/re
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1. provide the option of purchasing
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Student fees are collected:• as p
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CURRENT ILLINOIS TEXTBOOK RENTAL PR
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MethodologyCOSTS AND FEASIBILITY OF
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Submitted cost data are presented b
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PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES - TEXTBOOK RENT
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Under a textbook rental program, ea
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FundingSR 692 directs the IBHE and
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have a separate series so that if a
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Impact on Tax Revenue.Property Tax.
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Textbook Selection. While acknowled
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According to the Student Monitor, i
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of the exact custom book. This alte
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Current Status of Voluntary Faculty
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APPENDIX BTextbook Study Timeline -
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Funding:1. Please provide an itemiz
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Textbook Survey - Third Party Books
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Estimated Annual Cost - Community C
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Estimated Annual Costs - Public Uni
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Estimated Textbook Rental Cost Per
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