The City University of New York (CUNY) is offering students at 12 of its colleges the ability to purchase new, used, electronic and rental textbooks through bookstore provider Akademos’s online system. The custom-branded bookstore will offer up to 60 percent off list prices for students and will also give them access to a lower cost peer-to-peer marketplace and financial aid funds for books. For the faculty, the Akademos portal offers aid in evaluating the benefit of lower-cost course materials, using analytics of student usage and sales trends. CUNY believes that students who are able to buy their textbooks perform better in their studies.
The City University of New York (CUNY) is offering students at 12 of its colleges the ability to purchase new, used, electronic and rental textbooks through bookstore provider Akademos’s online system. The custom-branded bookstore will offer up to 60% off list prices for students and will also give them access to a lower cost peer-to-peer marketplace and financial aid funds for books. For the faculty, the Akademos portal offers aid in evaluating the benefit of lower-cost course materials, using analytics of student usage and sales trends. CUNY believes that students who are able to buy their textbooks perform better in their studies.