The Matador Bookstore’s textbook rental program, which offers students a chance to rent new and used books for 50 percent off the listed price, is expanding its selection from just a few titles from last fall to over 500 this semester. According to a recent press release, Follett Higher Education Group, who supplies approximately 850 university bookstores with textbooks and other materials, used last semester as a pilot to test its textbook rental program. Student feedback showed that the program… Read more

Earlier this summer, California State University students received the news that tuition for this fall semester has increased roughly 30 percent due to millions of dollars in state of California budget shortages. Nearly $600 million was cut from state funding for the CSU system in the midst of a record crisis in California’s history, prompting the CSU Board of Trustees to approve additional increases in university fees that apply to all students. In addition to the 10 percent increase that… Read more