Reducing Textbook Costs
Textbook Pilots

Anoka Technical College

  • Students focus - Rental and Custom Publishing
  • Faculty and Staff focus  - raise awareness, utilize lower cost alternatives, incorporate expanded array of course materials.
Century College
  • A student led education program, plus a faculty created textbook replacement project using online tools such as SoftChalk.
Distance Minnesota
  • Online Textbook pilot, with a research components.
Hennepin Technical College
  • Library reserve project and bookstore led online textbook pilot. 
Hibbing Community College
  • List of currently available online textbooks for instructors and students.
  • Project Report
Metropolitan State University
  • Metropolitan State University is implementing a project that in will initiate a small scale rental program (currently none of the existing pilots that included rental were at a State University), an overhaul and re-launch of the student senate run online textbook exchange system and, research and investment to incorporate and promote electronic textbooks other media resources.
Minnesota State University, Mankato   
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
  • Textbook Swap Software.  Developed through the bookstore.
Minnesota West CTC   
  • Textbook Rental Program (limited scope)
South Central College   
  • Increase Used Textbook options for students
  • Increase lower-cost textbooks for willing faculty to adopt.
Vermilion Community College   
Winona State University
  • Online Textbook pilot that includes a research component.