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Goals of the Project | Advisory Committee Membership | Available Textbooks | Implementation Steps | Related Activities For Students
Related Activities For Faculty | Other Affordability Initiatives for WOU Students

Welcome to WOU’s Textbook Rental Program

WOU is pleased to be able to develop a textbook rental program that provides WOU students with a truly green way to get the textbook and course materials needed for their classes. The rental program is green in that it saves students green (cash) by offering textbooks for rental at prices that are significantly below the cost of retail and green on the environment because the bookstore will take back for reuse all textbooks that are rented.

The rental program is supported by a 2010 grant from the US Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). WOU grant award # P116T100041
FIPSE

The FIPSE funding was awarded based upon a grant proposal submitted by WOU in 2010.

The Grant’s Team:

Principle Investigator: David McDonald, Associate Provost
Project Director: Mark Lane, Bookstore Manager
Assessment Coordinator: Dr. Christina Reagle
External Evaluator: Dr. Tony Norman

Goals of the Project

Develop a textbook rental program that accomplishes the following:

• Full functionality
• Cost savings to students when compared to textbook purchases
• Enhanced understanding of course materials needs of faculty and students at WOU
• Sustainability beyond the two year grant period
• Dissemination of findings at statewide and other venues1
• Listing of books available to rent

Advisory Committee Membership

David McDonald
Mark Lane
Christina Reagle
TBA (student)
Janeanne Rockwell-Kincanon, Library
Sarah Boomer, Liberal Arts and Science
Edwin Cancel, College of Education
Earlee Kerekes, Accommodations Coordinator Office of Disability Services
Marshall Guthrie, Student Enrichment Program

Meeting Information and Materials

Meeting Date    Meeting Time    Meeting Location   
December 6    1:00-3:00 pm    Rogue Room, WUC   
March 10    11:00-1:00pm    Rogue Room, WUC   
June 7    11:00-1:00pm    Rogue Room, WUC   
July 13    3:00pm    Hamersly Library, 210   

Materials for the Meetings:    
Assessment Framework
Grant Proposal
Agendas
WOU Textbook and Course Materials Rental Program Meeting one
WOU Book Rental Program Summary for faculty spring 2011
Minutes from Spring 2011 Textbook Rental Committee Meeting
WOU Student Survey Results
WOU Textbook Logic Model FINAL   

Related Bookstore Activities for Students

Textbook Buyback

eBooks

Related Bookstore Activities for Faculty

Steps to make books as affordable as possible for students

Request to have your class added as a textbook rental option

Other Affordability Initiatives for WOU Students

Western Tuition Choice

WOU Scholarships

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Contact

Campus Bookstore 503-838-8300 | or e-mail: bookstore@wou.edu