I don't know about today, but when I was a student at Purdue University from 1964 - 1970, both Southworth's and University Book Store had a policy of buy a new book pay full price. Turn it in at the end of the semester and get 50% back. They then sold used books at 75% of the new book price and again, turned in they gave 50% of the price paid. I didn't turn many books back except those that were for courses that I decided were only required for the degree outside of psychology courses, and I kept a lot of those as well. I still have on my shelf a couple of those books including a very early edition of Hall & Lindzey's _Theories of Personality_ .
---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:08:30 +0000 (UTC) >From: [email protected] >Subject: [tips] Textbook rentals? >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" ><[email protected]> > > > > Today I was somewhat surprised when a NY City metro > area university that I shall not identify > here announced that their campus' bookstores, which > are operated by a private entity, are going to start > offering textbook rental services starting this > Fall. Presumaby, the rentals will result in "upwards > of 50 percent off new textbook prices". In addition > -and I thought this was interesting- the program > allows students to highlight the textbooks and take > notes throughout the text. And just like a leased > car, the student can also buy the textbook at the > end of the term. > > > > I said that I was somewhat surprised because > although I am one of those who feels that textbooks > have become overpriced, and because I recognize > that some students who buy their textbooks (a few > others seem not to even bother purchasing them) end > up getting rid of their books at the first > opportunity, I feel this rental program undermines > the real purpose of a college education. At the same > time I think that textbook renting perpetuates a > business/consumer approach to learning. This sort of > thing just does not feel right to me. > > > > Out mere curiosity, do any of you know of > institutions which have a similar textbook rental > program? > > > > Miguel > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee94ad&n=T&l=tips&o=3733 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL > if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-3733-13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Adjunct Psychology Faculty Germanna Community College [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=3738 or send a blank email to leave-3738-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
