Cost of Textbooks : 2:07:00:00

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Responsible Executives: Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; Executive Vice President for Business and Finance

I. PURPOSE

In accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) Policy 2.07.00.00, Motlow State Community College (Motlow State) provides this policy designed to minimize the cost of textbooks and ancillary course materials while maintaining quality of education and academic freedom. Following the minimum requirements set by the TBR, Motlow State requires the following procedures described below.

II. PROCEDURES

  1. The department lead will submit the required textbook and materials adoption forms to the bookstore contractor according to the due dates provided by the bookstore, so that the bookstore can ensure that textbooks and other course materials are available when courses begin. 

  2. Students will have access to the bookstore contractor (linked from the Motlow State website) which will provide book information, including ISBN numbers and costs. 

  3. Faculty members will consider practices that reduce the cost of course materials, such as adopting the least expensive products that meet the requirements of the course, informing students of options available to them, placing books on reserve, providing unbound copies in binders whenever possible, going textless, creating in-house texts, etc.  Regarding the practice of bundling: the bookstore will provide students the option of purchasing the textbooks and other study products separately if possible. 

  4. The libraries of Motlow State may contain select copies of textbooks, as a result of donations by faculty, students, and grants through the Motlow State Foundation.  The libraries do not have copies of all textbooks required for courses. 

  5. The bookstore contractor will continue to promote and publicize book buy-back programs via the website and on campus. 

  6. The bookstore contractor staff will continue to monitor and inventory textbooks and materials. 

SOURCES

CORRESPONDING POLICY

TBR Policy 2.07.00.00

HISTORY

November 20, 2007; approved by the Leadership Council on November 4, 2016 

Revised: January 3, 2023 

Reviewed by Executives: May 5, 2026 

Institutional Oversight Committee Approved: May 15, 2023; May 15, 2026 

Faculty Council Approved: February 24, 2023 

President’s Cabinet Approved: May 23, 2023; June 2, 2026 

Effective Date: November 4, 2016; May 23, 2023; June 2, 2026