The Board of Governors at the University of North Carolina recently approved a slew of measures to make textbooks more affordable for students at all of North Carolina's 16 in-state higher education institutions.
Last year, the Board of Governors completed a year-long study, which looked at the rising costs of textbooks, according to Rob Nelson, vice president of finance at the University of North Carolina.
Nelson said the study required committees to be set up at all 16 campuses, which consisted of faculty, staff, students and bookstore employees.
These committees looked at a variety of alternatives that could be used to possibly lower textbook costs, such as bundling, online textbooks and book rental programs, Nelson said.
"We reported back to the Board, and we recommended several additional recommendations, which they, on Friday, accepted," he said.
Some of the additional recommendations made to the Board were that each campus keeps its committee, bookstore managers continue to meet and each campus uses a standard methodology to calculate average cost of textbooks for undergraduates, as opposed to the several different methodologies currently in use at the different schools, Nelson said.
"Finally, by January 2008, all campuses must have either guaranteed buy-back textbooks, or a [book] rental program for introductory lower level classes," he added.
-- Compiled by Courtney Kessler
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