All University System of Maryland degree-granting institutions shall post on the institutional website ISBN, title, author, publisher, and edition for required course material as soon as faculty members and the bookstore have finalized the textbook selection but no later than May 1 for the fall semester and December 1 for the spring semester. In the case that a course has not been assigned a faculty member by the given deadline, textbook selection shall be conducted and communicated to enrolled students expeditiously upon selection of the materials.
As of May 1, today, 7 USM institutions have complied with the USM policy. They include:
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- University of Maryland, College Park
- Bowie State University
- Towson University
- Salisbury University
- University of Baltimore
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
- University of Maryland University College
- Coppin State University
- University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
- Frostburg State University
But there are a few problems with the USM intepretation. First, the USM Policy should be in effect already becuase it goes into implementation with the textbook selection process for classes in Fall 2009. Second, and more importantly, the USM policy goes further than the state legislation, in setting a drop-date deadline (May 1 for fall and December 1 for spring) and requires immediate publication upon finalization of the order.
Because compliance with the USM policy does not preclude compliance with state law, why cannot the USM policy be followed? The language goes further than the state legislation. More details and updates to come...
4 comments:
UMBC doesn't have their textbooks up yet.
From what I can see, you can access next semester's books through the bookstore's website, located at http://bookstore.umbc.edu, and by selecting the subject, and course.
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Regards,
Immigration
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