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Textbook Rental
The College will maintain a textbook rental system for students. Textbooks include but are not limited to books, compact discs, online access cards, and other rented materials. In order to ensure the viability of the system, the following criteria will be followed: 1. While it is the goal of the College that textbook editions be changed every three years, the maximum amount of time textbook editions can be used without permission from the Vice President for Academic Services will be five years. Written requests for deviations from this criterion will be considered for special academic or program needs. The selection of textbooks and instructional materials is the responsibility of the faculty. Textbooks for each course will be selected by instructors in consultation with the Division Chairs. The same textbooks will be used in all sections of a course, except in situations where software editions might be different at different locations. With permission from the Vice President for Academic Services, written requests for deviation from this criterion will be considered for special academic or program needs. Textbook changes will be requested through the Division Chairs, the Associate Vice President for Educational Services, and the Vice President for Academic Services for approval by May 1 of the preceding academic year. The Textbook Rental Committee will be a standing committee to assist with the enforcement of the textbook rental system and as a hearing committee for modifications or changes as appropriate.
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Faculty directing programs with special academic or student needs may request that textbooks be purchased by the student. The Textbook Rental Committee will consider requests, keeping in mind that only under unusual circumstances will textbooks be purchased. The Textbook Rental Committee, after considering a request, will forward a recommendation to the Vice President for Academic Services. Requests for textbooks to be purchased by the students must be made to the committee by April 1 of the preceding academic year. Consumable books will be purchased by the student. Students will be charged a service fee per credit hour, a part of which will be budgeted for textbook acquisition. All service fee changes will be approved by the Board of Trustees. Students may purchase rental textbooks during the third through the eleventh week of each academic term or the third through the fifth week of each module and summer term at retail price. All textbooks must be returned to the College by the close of business on the last day of finals. Students returning textbooks no more than five business days after the last day of finals will be charged a late fee as recommended by the Textbook Rental Committee. Beginning on the sixth business day, students will be assessed the new retail price of all textbooks. Costs of defacement or damage to textbooks will be paid by the renter at the new retail price. Students late in returning textbooks will be restricted from receiving a transcript, restricted from picking up textbooks, and restricted from any further registration activity until textbooks are returned and/or fees paid.
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In order to pick up textbooks at the Bookstore, a student must present a valid Lake Land College identification card and a Lake Land College textbook list. Rented textbooks will not be mailed to students.
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Adopted November 9, 1998 Revised October 13, 2003 Revised October 11, 2004 Revised November 14, 2005 Revised March 10, 2008 Page 3 of 3