Here is the Questionnaire regarding textbooks done by OPPAGA

Textbook Affordability Project – Phone Interview Questions

1. Does your institution currently use a textbook-rental program?

2. Does your institution currently use a textbook-financing program that allows students to pay for textbooks over the course of a semester?

3. Does your institution currently use a student-operated textbook buyback program?

4. Can faculty members at your institution place assigned textbooks on reserve in the library for student use?

5. Can faculty members use an electronic textbook subscription program so students can view textbooks electronically?

6. Does your campus bookstore currently guarantee a buyback rate for textbooks?

7. Are bundled course materials (where several products are pre-packaged and sold as one unit) made available to students in a non-bundled format?

8. Does your institution encourage faculty members to collaborate with publishers to make customized textbooks, where textbook contents can be altered by professors?

9. Does your institution currently offer reward programs encouraging faculty members to submit textbook adoption lists in advance of established deadlines?

10. Does your institution encourage faculty to consider textbook costs when selecting course textbooks?

11. Does your institution have a per book price limit or a per course price limit on textbooks selected by faculty members?

12. Does your institution provide new students with information about how to save money when purchasing textbooks?

13. Does your institution have an advisory committee that addresses textbook affordability?

14. Does your institution request textbook publishers to disclose revisions to new textbook editions?

15. Has your institution requested textbook publishers to disclose the estimated shelf life of each new textbook edition?

16. Has your institution considered any other types of textbook cost-saving measures?