Spring 2013
Committee:
Governance and Policy, Public Relations, Relations with Local Senates
Whereas, The acquisition and usage of textbooks is an essential and integral aspect of college life;
Whereas, The cost of course material, including textbooks, continues to rise, causing many students statewide to struggle to purchase textbooks or to have insufficient funds to purchase the required course material, especially with the increased usage of interactive textbooks, textbooks utilizing one-time access codes, and specialized textbook bundles that make them ineligible for resale and inconvenient for campus-wide textbook rental programs; and
Whereas, A more stable and systematic procedure for acquiring and updating textbook editions would allow students the opportunity to resell and/ or get refunded for their used textbooks as well as paving the way for campus textbook rental programs to amass a greater selection of textbooks, thus aiding in student access and academic success;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges supports California Community Colleges faculty who self-impose, whenever possible, a three year cap minimum for upgrading textbook editions for subject material and discourage the use of one-time access or interactive course material in order to facilitate increased availability and stability in the acquisition of textbooks for campus rental programs and to allow students to be able to resell or buy used textbooks, providing students the opportunity to save money or reinvest in new books;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges supports that California Community Colleges encourage a more conscientious use of textbook bundles and increase the availability of online textbooks at their campus bookstores so as to provide an increase in available options for the acquisition of course material;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges urges California Community Colleges faculty to, whenever possible, prioritize using online educational resources to facilitate the acquisition of course material as well as alleviate some financial burden from students; and
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges ensures that the above statements are administered through a formal written statement providing facts and information to all California Community Colleges.
Whereas, The cost of course material, including textbooks, continues to rise, causing many students statewide to struggle to purchase textbooks or to have insufficient funds to purchase the required course material, especially with the increased usage of interactive textbooks, textbooks utilizing one-time access codes, and specialized textbook bundles that make them ineligible for resale and inconvenient for campus-wide textbook rental programs; and
Whereas, A more stable and systematic procedure for acquiring and updating textbook editions would allow students the opportunity to resell and/ or get refunded for their used textbooks as well as paving the way for campus textbook rental programs to amass a greater selection of textbooks, thus aiding in student access and academic success;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges supports California Community Colleges faculty who self-impose, whenever possible, a three year cap minimum for upgrading textbook editions for subject material and discourage the use of one-time access or interactive course material in order to facilitate increased availability and stability in the acquisition of textbooks for campus rental programs and to allow students to be able to resell or buy used textbooks, providing students the opportunity to save money or reinvest in new books;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges supports that California Community Colleges encourage a more conscientious use of textbook bundles and increase the availability of online textbooks at their campus bookstores so as to provide an increase in available options for the acquisition of course material;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges urges California Community Colleges faculty to, whenever possible, prioritize using online educational resources to facilitate the acquisition of course material as well as alleviate some financial burden from students; and
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges ensures that the above statements are administered through a formal written statement providing facts and information to all California Community Colleges.