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Opinion: Buying your professor’s self-authored textbook is annoying, and there’s a complex reason for that

Tamlynn Torchon • Jul 7, 2018

What’s a class without books? Perhaps much more affordable and favorable, but it might feel a bit incomplete. Of course, the majority of classes require textbooks matching the curriculum. However,...

Textbook affordability is the next task the BOT wants to tackle

Hannah Lee • Aug 30, 2017

Textbooks are an essential factor for most student success in the classroom, but often times they are very expensive. In the most recent Board of Trustees meeting, the discussion centered on textbook...

Tax-Free Textbook Bill expiring; Students will pay tax on textbook purchases after June 30

Tiffany Butler • May 27, 2016

The tax-free textbook bill is expiring on June 30, meaning students will have to start paying an extra six percent on textbook purchases.

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Rick Scott: textbook tax cut, Bright Futures expanded

Spinnaker • Jan 22, 2015

On UNF's campus on Jan. 22, Scott announced a plan to cut the textbook sales tax and expand Bright Futures into the summer.

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Man on the street: first week thoughts on parking, books, smoking initiative, and WOW

Brandon Thigpen • Aug 29, 2014

This week’s Man on the Street features Brandon Thigpen talking to students about their experience with parking, the Week of Welcome, purchasing textbooks, and gets their opinion on the new smoking initiative.

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Textbook trends shifting, tuition and fees could be affected

Noor Ashouri • Nov 2, 2013

IncludED, a new system being discussed, could give students a new approach to textbooks. IncludED is a program offered through Follett, which is the course material distributer for the UNF Bookstore. The program would factor the cost of textbooks into tuition or fees.

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Where are the tumbleweeds?

Sarah Ricevuto • Mar 15, 2013

The table is tucked into the corner- half under a stone staircase. The students sitting behind it are casually dressed. There is nothing to distinguish them from the students they are speaking too. The...