UA R4 (2015-2016): Calling for the Implementation of a Peer to Peer Textbooks Marketplace

Acknowledged by the President

• Resolution:
  UA R4 (2015-2016): Calling for the Implementation of a Peer to Peer Textbooks Marketplace
• Day:
  June 7, 2016
• Action:
  Acknowledged by the President
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  Dear Gabe,
  
  Thank you for submitting UA Resolution 4 – the recommendation from the Textbook Price Working Group (TPWG). I appreciate the efforts of the TPWG to find ways to reduce the financial burden of graduate and undergraduate students at Cornell.
  
  I support the TPWG’s recommendation that the Cornell Store adopt a cost-recovery financial model for the sale of academic materials. As noted, the current revenue-generating model will be maintained for non-academic materials sold at the store.
  
  Thank you again for looking into this issue and for partnering with the Cornell Store to find an appropriate solution that best serves our academic community.
  
  Yours sincerely,
  
  Hunter Rawlings
  
  
  
  Hunter Rawlings
  Interim President, Cornell University
  300 Day Hall
  Ithaca, NY 14853
  Tel: 607-255-5201
  www.cornell.edu