{"id":5,"date":"2023-06-28T18:39:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T18:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/affordable-textbooks\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-09-24T13:22:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:22:49","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/affordable-textbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Affordable Textbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-6\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card flex flex-col rounded-lg overflow-hidden relative transition-all duration-200 ease-out shadow-sm self-stretch\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"absolute top-0 left-0 right-0 h-1 bg-linear-to-r from-green to-green-bright\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"p-6 pb-0 pt-7 bg-gray-50\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"uppercase font-bold text-lg tracking-wider leading-tight text-gray-900\">\n\t\t\t\tFor More Information:\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"h-0.75 mt-4 w-10 bg-green\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"relative bg-gray-50\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"px-6 pt-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"relative rounded-lg overflow-hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"absolute inset-0 z-1 m-4 border rounded-lg pointer-events-none border-green\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marshall.edu&#x2F;marsha&#x2F;files&#x2F;2021&#x2F;11&#x2F;drinko.jpeg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"For More Information:\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"w-full object-cover h-48\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"px-6 pt-4 pb-7 flex flex-1 flex-col styled-list text-[15px] bg-gray-50 text-gray-500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-1\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/policies\/files\/2023\/12\/UPAA-29-University-Textbooks-2010-12-9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marshall University Board of Governors policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvhepc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Final_Report_of_the_Statewide_Task_Force_on_Textbook_Affordability_2009.pdf\">West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Textbook Affordability Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvlegislature.gov\/Bill_Status\/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4355%20ENR.htm&amp;yr=2022&amp;sesstype=RS&amp;i=4355\">West Virginia House Bill 4355<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-6\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<div>\n<h2>Why Is This Important?<\/h2>\n<p>Textbook affordability has become an increasingly pressing issue for students at colleges and universities across the country, often resulting in a significant financial burden.<\/p>\n<p>At Marshall University, textbook affordability continues to be an important topic. Many departments, including Academic Affairs, Libraries and Online Learning, already have policies and programs in place to make learning materials more affordable, and in some cases, free!<\/p>\n<p>Marshall is committed to making college affordable. Marshall for all!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":709,"featured_media":70,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/affordable-textbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/affordable-textbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/affordable-textbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/affordable-textbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/709"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/affordable-textbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/affordable-textbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/affordable-textbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/affordable-textbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/affordable-textbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}