Textbook Orders

One of the more "minor" lines in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 was the requirement that institutions collect textbook information earlier and post it publicly, including ISBNs. The American Council on Education published a guide to help institutions Louis Vuitton Nice Beauty Caseadjust to the new mandate. For good or for ill, the former monopoly that had been held by college bookstores has been substantially reduced by this act.

We have now had a full year of seeing how the guidelines have impacted book orders on a widespread basis, and some faculty members complain the deadlines are simply too early. New books will be released in the next few months, new editions will be released, and other logistical issues can complicate meeting the deadlines. Moreover, some fall semester courses will not be added to the schedule until after the first published deadlines. On the other hand, department chairs report that they are having less trouble with super-late orders (i.e., orders that are placed the week before the semester begins) because of the added leverage of a "federal mandate."

Has the change in textbook policy affected the way you identify and order textbooks for your classes? 

• Brandeis University, a nonsectarian Jewish-sponsored research institution, may wind up axing its undergraduate major in Hebrew language and literature, as well as its undergraduate minor in Yiddish and East European Jewish culture, in an effort to slash Louis Vuitton Engraved its long-term budget, The Ticker reports. The theater department's graduate design program, among other programs, could also be on the chopping block if a faculty panel's proposals are adopted by the university's board in March.

• Joseph R. Urgo, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Hamilton College, in N.Y., will become the next president of St. Mary's College of Maryland on July 1, The Washington Post reports. He'll succeed Larry Vote, who has been serving as interim president of the college since Margaret O'Brien retired last summer. See a St. Mary's College press release for details.

• Gary W. Streit, president of Malone University, a small liberal-arts institution in Canton, Ohio, resigned on Monday following allegations that he plagiarized portions of his speeches, The Chronicle reports. Wilbert J. Friesen, the university's provost and vice president for academic affairs, has replaced Mr. Streit — who retired immediately — as interim president.

• Trustees of the City University of New York have picked Mitchel B. Wallerstein, dean of Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, to lead Baruch College, according to a CUNY press release. He'll become president on August 2.

• Janet L. Holmgren, longtime president of Mills College, in Oakland, Calif., announced this week that she'll vacate her post next year after two decades in the top job, the Contra Costa Times reports.

• The president of the University of Mary Washington, Flower Girl Dresses Judy G. Hample, unexpectedly announced to the university's Board of Visitors on Friday that she will retire at the end of June, after only two years at the university's helm, The Ticker reports.
This quote from the Brandeis report sounds indeed like axing the major, as the reporter put it:

"The undergraduate major in Hebrew Language and Literature should be terminated, effective with the class of 2015, and the existing major in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies should be modified to recognize Hebrew as a track within it."

A student could major in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies instead, and could emphasize the track in Hebrew. The axe didn't chop down the whole tree, just diminished it.

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