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College Textbook Policy at Metro
UPDATE: (April 2007) A new task force is being formed to review the textbook adoption procedures at the College. The impetus for the group comes from a combination of things, including concerns raised about the overall cost of college textbooks and a few gaps in the procedure related to some important considerations. The purpose of the group is to review and update the textbook adoption procedures memorandum. The areas of focus for the group include:
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Reviewing the implications of textbook prices creating barriers to studeant access and making recommendations for adjustments to the procedures memorandum.
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Providing guidance for considering students with disabilities when making textbook selections.
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Considering how to best create checks and balances for faculty in selecting textbooks or ancillary materials that students are required to purchase when the authors are MCC faculty or staff.
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Providing guidance in considering online resources in lieu of physical textbooks.
The Textbook Adoption Task Force will be facilitated by Jody Tomanek and will include three faculty from the Academic Council as well as representatives from Student Services. They will beign work this month (April) and and should be finished with their recommendations sometime in June.
Textbooks are an important resource critical to student learning. They also provide faculty with an important teaching tool. As such, textbook adoption procedures affect all aspects of the teaching-learning process and involve many areas of the college. Metro's textbook adoption procedures were developed to:
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better implement and reflect the educational mission and philosophy of each department or program
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provide for the best possible textbook for students at a reasonable price
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increase the involvement of adjunct faculty in the selection process
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allow for more options in the selection of textbooks by faculty
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enhance communication between bookstore personnel and faculty
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simplify the administration of textbook selection and distribution
View the textbook adoption form here or download from Metro's Forms Bank.
Contact Metro's College Bookstore.
College Textbook Publishers
Many textbook publishers now support websites with supplementary information that compliments material in the textbook. These supplements can include practice quizzes, discussion questions, project suggestions, additional information, links for further study, and discussion areas for both faculty and students. In some cases you can preview a textbook and even order an evaluation copy of the textbook. Below are a brief listing of some college textbook publisher sites.
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