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Meet ED MAP
If you’re considering enrolling in college, you, like many other poor souls, are thinking about getting in the market to buy college textbooks. Take note of these warnings, courtesy of U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups:
• Students now spend about $900 a year on textbooks and course materials.
• Textbook prices have outpaced U.S. inflation four to one since 1994.
• Publishers are increasingly shortening the length of time between releases of various editions.
The traditional college model has been besieged by the big business of the modern textbook industry, but we at StraighterLine take pride in our ability to stay out of the riff-raff. Our business principle is based on simplifying the academic process for students taking our courses. We strive to “streamline the process” and let students focus on their coursework, rather than stress about things like acquiring textbooks.
We get help in alleviating that problem from our online bookstore provider, ED MAP. ED MAP is an excellent and easy-to-use resource that allows us to get our classroom materials to our students in the most efficient way possible. StraighterLine’s virtual “storefront” is designed and adapted to our students’ needs. A simple textbook provider won’t cut it – our students demand value, and we think partnering with ED MAP adds volumes to ours.
The ED MAP team bills itself as “a service company that sells textbooks,” and their dedication to customers and attention to detail back up the claim. The company is highly regarded within the online education field, and institutions such as University of Phoenix already use it.
Take our ED MAP site for a spin. Try using the drop-down course menu; you’ll notice that course purchases and their required materials are grouped together. You are guaranteed to get the course materials you need for the class or classes you are taking. That’s an hour of your life spent rummaging around a textbook store for your course section that you can get back.
While EDMAP offers a stellar print textbook policy, our exclusive use of ebooks means that you’ll never have to wait on a back-order, and your course materials are very accessible. Most importantly, our ebooks are notably cheaper than print editions.
EDMAP is but one of the great resources StraighterLine has partnered with to provide an education that gives you some bang for your buck. To learn more, visit us at www.straighterline.com.
Photo from rob.wall on Flickr
• Students now spend about $900 a year on textbooks and course materials.
• Textbook prices have outpaced U.S. inflation four to one since 1994.
• Publishers are increasingly shortening the length of time between releases of various editions.
The traditional college model has been besieged by the big business of the modern textbook industry, but we at StraighterLine take pride in our ability to stay out of the riff-raff. Our business principle is based on simplifying the academic process for students taking our courses. We strive to “streamline the process” and let students focus on their coursework, rather than stress about things like acquiring textbooks.
We get help in alleviating that problem from our online bookstore provider, ED MAP. ED MAP is an excellent and easy-to-use resource that allows us to get our classroom materials to our students in the most efficient way possible. StraighterLine’s virtual “storefront” is designed and adapted to our students’ needs. A simple textbook provider won’t cut it – our students demand value, and we think partnering with ED MAP adds volumes to ours.
The ED MAP team bills itself as “a service company that sells textbooks,” and their dedication to customers and attention to detail back up the claim. The company is highly regarded within the online education field, and institutions such as University of Phoenix already use it.Take our ED MAP site for a spin. Try using the drop-down course menu; you’ll notice that course purchases and their required materials are grouped together. You are guaranteed to get the course materials you need for the class or classes you are taking. That’s an hour of your life spent rummaging around a textbook store for your course section that you can get back.
While EDMAP offers a stellar print textbook policy, our exclusive use of ebooks means that you’ll never have to wait on a back-order, and your course materials are very accessible. Most importantly, our ebooks are notably cheaper than print editions.
EDMAP is but one of the great resources StraighterLine has partnered with to provide an education that gives you some bang for your buck. To learn more, visit us at www.straighterline.com.
Photo from rob.wall on Flickr
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