Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.05
Liaison Konrad Schlarbaum
Submission Date Feb. 15, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Colorado Colorado Springs
IN-41: Textbook Affordability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.50 Crista Hill
Assistant Director Veteran and Military Affairs
Veteran and Military Student Affairs
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Does the institution host a peer-to-peer textbook exchange program, textbook lending library, or alternate textbook project?:
Yes

A brief description of the textbook exchange program, textbook lending library, or alternate textbook project:

Books for Battle Buddies is a donation-based textbook loan program available to military-affiliated students through the Student Veteran Center. Current textbooks from our library of 500+ books can be checked out for a full semester at no cost to the student. We also happily accept donations of used textbooks! Just drop off old textbooks at the McCord-Herbst Student Veteran Center anytime during business hours.


Does the institution provide incentives for academic staff that explicitly encourage the authorship, peer review, and/or adoption of open access textbooks?:
No

A brief description of the incentives to encourage the authorship, peer review, and/or adoption of open access textbooks:
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Website URL where information about the textbook affordability incentives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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