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STUDENTS GET MORE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS WITH EARLY TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONS
Students can save money when textbooks are selected early for
courses before the start of the new semester. The UH Bookstore
is working to collect all textbook adoptions for courses in
order to provide affordable options for students and comply with
the federal Higher Education Opportunity Act.
When textbook commitments are provided early, the UH Bookstore
has enough time to order all available options for that book,
whether new, used, digital or rental, before the start of the
semester. Students can also see what textbooks and materials
will be needed before they sign up for a course. Also, if a
textbook will be used the following semester, the student can
receive up to 50 percent of the original selling price for the
buyback.
A textbook provision was added to the Higher Education
Opportunity Act (HEOA) in July 2010 that included stipulations
on textbook assignments in order to help students know the
textbook costs for a course and allow them time to find
alternative purchasing options. Texas also recently passed the
House Bill 33 that provides similar stipulations on textbook
adoptions which will go into effect for fall 2012. The deadline
for textbook adoptions for the Spring 2012 semester according to
HEOA was October 21. The UH Bookstore has been working to
communicate with faculty and department leaders in order to
gather textbook information. However, the university is still
not yet at 100 percent.
It is time to turn in textbook orders with the UH Bookstore for
Spring 2012 in order to help provide all affordable options for
our students and to also help our campus be compliant with
federal legislation. To provide course textbook information,
submit textbook requests online at
www.uh.bncollege.com under the �Faculty� tab or send
an email to
tm510@bncollege.com. Please
include the book title, ISBN, course/section and enrollment
information with all requests.
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