Joint Task Force on Textbook and Reader Affordability
The Charge to the Task Force Is To
- review data related to course materials (textbooks, course packs, ancillary materials) and reader usage and pricing to better understand the complex issues surrounding affordability
- explore issues involved in selection and adoption of course materials, including costs, use of second editions, formats for students with disabilities, and so on
- explore financial issues around course materials from different stakeholders: faculty as textbook authors, campus bookstore revenues, students as consumers who need the lowest prices possible
- identify actions that students, faculty, and the campus can take to lower textbook and reader costs
- investigate the efficacy of online textbooks and course packs
Members of the Task Force
Dennis Lieu, Co-Chair
Chair, Academic Senate Student Affairs Committee
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Barbara Gross Davis, Co-Chair
Assistant Vice Chancellor—Equity and Inclusion
Char Booth
E-Learning Librarian
Ron Coley
Associate
Vice Chancellor—Business and Administrative Services
Frederick C. Collignon
Professor, City and Regional Planning
Chuck Eckman
Associate
University Librarian for Collections
Sherry Gong
CalPIRG Representative
Lucy Greco
Access Technology Specialist
Disabled Students' Program
Brian Lu
ASUC Representative
Samantha Lu
Graduate Assembly Representative
Martha Olney
Adjunct Professor
Economics
Kate O’Neill
Associate Professor
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
Lisa
Rothrauff
Manager,
Training and Support
Educational
Technology Services
Luke Stoddard
Student Technology Council