We have a textbook rental program that has been in existence for many years, run by the university. The rental fee is currently $40 per book. All undergraduate hardback books are available for rental, but not paperbacks or books for graduate classes (we have Master's programs). Students are allowed to highlight, but only in yellow (a rule I don't quite understand). I have mixed feelings about it for reasons already mentioned by others, but students do like it. Another factor to consider, depending on who is running the rental program, is what it means about financial pressure to keep the current textbook. Our bookstore prefers for us not to change textbooks until they have at least broken even on the purchase price of the books. Usually that is about three years. So, if you adopt a textbook, and then find it is not satisfactory after the first semester or year, the bookstore is not happy if you want to change it. Dave David Kreiner Professor of Psychology University of Central Missouri Lovinger 1111 Warrensburg MO 64093
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