Student Group Sign On: Stop UCF from Automatically Billing Students for Textbooks
Provost Letzring
65% of students have skipped buying course materials because of their high cost. Access codes are supposedly a more affordable option, but as their use increases, students continue to go hungry and drop classes at similar rates. Students need multiple, more affordable ways to buy textbooks - not less.
Barnes & Noble is currently proposing UCF reconsider implementing a policy that would allow the bookstore to start automatically charging students for their textbooks when they enroll in a course—without requiring their permission or making them aware. This process is called an "opt-out" inclusive access billing system.
Last semester, UCF students formed a coalition of student groups to prevent automatic billing on campus, from WikiKnights, to Knights for Wildlife Conservation, College Democrats, College Republicans, YDSA, Florida PIRG Students, and more. After getting support from over 1,200 students and multiple faculty and librarians, UCF decided not to implement an opt-out structured automatic billing program, and keep the current opt-in model.
Our organization urges you to keep your commitment not to automatically enroll all students to be billed for their textbook costs, and keep the current opt-in structure.
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65% of students have skipped buying course materials because of their high cost. Access codes are supposedly a more affordable option, but as their use increases, students continue to go hungry and drop classes at similar rates. Students need multiple, more affordable ways to buy textbooks - not less.
Barnes & Noble is currently proposing UCF reconsider implementing a policy that would allow the bookstore to start automatically charging students for their textbooks when they enroll in a course—without requiring their permission or making them aware. This process is called an "opt-out" inclusive access billing system.
Last semester, UCF students formed a coalition of student groups to prevent automatic billing on campus, from WikiKnights, to Knights for Wildlife Conservation, College Democrats, College Republicans, YDSA, Florida PIRG Students, and more. After getting support from over 1,200 students and multiple faculty and librarians, UCF decided not to implement an opt-out structured automatic billing program, and keep the current opt-in model.
Our organization you to keep your commitment not to automatically enroll all students to be billed for their textbook costs, and keep the current opt-in structure.