Love the comix (but wish the larger image were a bit larger -- or maybe that's just my netbook screen?)
My school has been dealing with a somewhat similar state law for a couple of years, and is, I think, in partial compliance with the federal law: full information, including ISBNs, is available via the school bookstore's web site, but is not, as far as I can see, integrated into the online course schedule.
I feel for students but I wish they'd pony up the extra dough and buy the book at the bookstore. Instead, they save some money by ordering from Amazon then the book arrives during week 3 of the semester, with the access code for online homework which they've missed already. The money they saved is less than the summer school tution they pay to retake the class.
The University I work for (and its contracted bookstore) are doing what they are supposed to do (and have been doing so for a few years anyway). That's good.
And... I do care! (Truth and justice and all that...)
Ben, some of these people are living hand to mouth and sometimes it's a choice between groceries and textbooks with no parents to help. Which is why you're going to see a new breed of student-criminal, boosting car stereos, laptops, etc. to pay the bills. So watch your lab equipment; somebody might take it to make meth, or explosives for one of those nutty anti-Obama militias.
Strelnikov, lab scales were bolted to the benchtop after our teaching lab was raided a few years ago. By coincidence, quality control of the local dealer's merchandise improved significantly.
Since our students register in April for the Fall courses, and we don't use standardized textbooks for each course, and often times a course instructor will be TBA until the Summer, it's impossible for us to publish the course book information for our courses.
OTOH, the total cost of all the books for each of our courses generally adds up to about $40-$50, so we don't feel too bad about non-compliance.
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Love the comix, Samantha. Keep 'em coming. I especially adore their old-skool hand-drawn pen-and-inkiness.
ReplyDeleteLove the comix (but wish the larger image were a bit larger -- or maybe that's just my netbook screen?)
ReplyDeleteMy school has been dealing with a somewhat similar state law for a couple of years, and is, I think, in partial compliance with the federal law: full information, including ISBNs, is available via the school bookstore's web site, but is not, as far as I can see, integrated into the online course schedule.
I feel for students but I wish they'd pony up the extra dough and buy the book at the bookstore. Instead, they save some money by ordering from Amazon then the book arrives during week 3 of the semester, with the access code for online homework which they've missed already. The money they saved is less than the summer school tution they pay to retake the class.
ReplyDeleteDon't know if my school is, don't care.
ReplyDeleteI do love these!!!
ReplyDeleteThe University I work for (and its contracted bookstore) are doing what they are supposed to do (and have been doing so for a few years anyway). That's good.
ReplyDeleteAnd... I do care! (Truth and justice and all that...)
Ben, some of these people are living hand to mouth and sometimes it's a choice between groceries and textbooks with no parents to help. Which is why you're going to see a new breed of student-criminal, boosting car stereos, laptops, etc. to pay the bills.
ReplyDeleteSo watch your lab equipment; somebody might take it to make meth, or explosives for one of those nutty anti-Obama militias.
Strelnikov, lab scales were bolted to the benchtop after our teaching lab was raided a few years ago. By coincidence, quality control of the local dealer's merchandise improved significantly.
ReplyDeleteMonty Python bookstore sketch reference in the cartoon made my day. HIGHFIVE, Samantha Folkchurch.
ReplyDeleteWhatLadder, the punchline fits some of my students exactly. (Use your best British accent here:) They CAN'T. READ.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they wish I'd tell them to sit comfortably and read aloud! Actually, that might be easier on all of us...
Since our students register in April for the Fall courses, and we don't use standardized textbooks for each course, and often times a course instructor will be TBA until the Summer, it's impossible for us to publish the course book information for our courses.
ReplyDeleteOTOH, the total cost of all the books for each of our courses generally adds up to about $40-$50, so we don't feel too bad about non-compliance.
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