Report 2007-116 Recommendation 23 Responses

Report 2007-116: Affordability of College Textbooks: Textbook Prices Have Risen Significantly in the Last Four Years, but Some Strategies May Help to Control These Costs for Students (Release Date: August 2008)

Recommendation #23 To: University of California

To increase awareness and transparency about the reasons campus bookstores add markups to publishers' invoice prices for textbooks, UC, CSU, and the community colleges should direct bookstores to publicly disclose on an annual basis any amounts they use for purposes that do not relate to bookstore operations, such as contributions they make to campus organizations and activities.

60-Day Agency Response

UC stated that most of the campus bookstores review and disclose information related to bookstore operations on an annual basis and make information widely available upon request. (See 2010-406, p. 156)

• Response Date: October 2008

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

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All Recommendations in 2007-116

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.