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...Coursepack costs remained unreasonably high this past year, with many coursepacks costing well over $100. These high prices make it difficult for lower-income students to purchase important course materials and force them to depend on library reserves...
...costs are all the more troubling because they are often easily avoidable. A large number of sources are available through Harvard University Library’s extensive e-resources subscriptions. For example, each of the 30 readings in this semester’s Ec 10 coursepack were available free online through e-resources. The College cannot continue to double-charge students for such materials, and professors and teaching fellows must be trained on how to use the Library’s e-resources. We also welcome the Undergraduate Council’s advocacy for centralized resources to assist instructors...
...While coursepack costs remained exorbitant this past year, Harvard continued to make a college education more accessible to low-income families. In April, the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI) was expanded to eliminate the family contribution for students with family incomes under $60,000 per year and dramatically reduced the contribution of families with income under $80,000, a move that pushed Harvard far ahead of its competitors, and will hopefully generate a ripple effect across higher education. But Harvard must not neglect the students (and their) families with annual incomes too large to qualify for Harvard?...
...more free choice of roommates by eliminating restrictions on mixed gender rooming will improve the quality of life of those students uncomfortable with mandated single-sex housing. Additionally, the UC advocated reduced textbook costs for students on financial aid and encouraged the College to coordinate online resources to bring coursepack costs under control. The year ended with a final display of political fireworks. After the UC spun off its social programming functions to an independent, University Hall-funded College Events Board mid-semester, it had to consider what to do with its third wheel, the Campus Life Committee (CLC). Suggestions...
Last fall, the Dean’s Office picked up the tab for coursepacks for eight visiting Tulane students. It seems that the College now understands what we have known all along: The price of coursepacks has spiraled out of control. Allan Powell, general manager at the Coop, says that Harvard undergraduates have spent over $700,000 on coursepacks this year at the Coop alone. But don’t blame the distributors for high prices: After the Coop’s rebate, the profit margin on coursepacks is negligible. Coursepacks are expensive because the copyright royalties for articles quickly...