How Fresno State Helped Students Save $1 Million on Books - Myles Barker, GV Wire

As part of the California State University system’s AL$ effort, campus programs are funded by grants from the Chancellor’s Office and Assembly Bill 7989. The goal of AL$ at Fresno State is to have faculty reduce costs for course materials by at least 30 percent, said Dusty Guthier, the course materials manager for Kennel Bookstore. Guthier said some professors are going all out by making course materials entirely free. “I think it is great that we are able to lower our costs for our students,” Dusty said. “The cost of textbooks and course materials, in general, are too high and so it is not only our job as a bookstore, but as a campus to find ways to get the students the materials they need at the lowest cost possible.” https://gvwire.com/2018/08/21/how-fresno-state-helped-students-save-1-million-on-books/