Top Reasons to Submit Your Course Materials to the Bookstore

• Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA): Your assistance helps ensure that the University is able to comply with the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), a U.S. federal law enacted to help students save money by giving them the opportunity to shop early for their course materials.
• Adoption of Accessible Content: All instructional materials must be accessible for students with disabilities. Federal disability legislation mandates that higher education institutions adhere to accessibility standards when designing, adopting and procuring educational materials and resources for the delivery of course content.

Submit by October 30, 2021! A Message from Shop Red West: 

Given the longer lead times caused by the pandemic, it is imperative that course material information be submitted to the bookstore  by October 30, 2021, regardless of where your students are directed to purchase.

Shop Red West, operated by Barnes and Noble College, has begun the adoption process and have started to contact instructors to remind them to place their course material requisitions via the AIP system. Instructors will be prompted to sign into the system using their NetID’s and historical course material information has been loaded into the system to make it easier to readopted materials.

Late adoptions negatively impact the prices of textbooks and other course materials and the store’s ability to service our students. Your assistance will help ensure that the University is meeting HEOA Compliance relating to the Higher Education Opportunity Act, a U.S. federal law enacted to help students save money by giving them the opportunity to shop early for their course materials.

Even if you are working with outside publishers or using Open Education Resources (OER), the Office of the Provost policy still requires you to notify Stony Brook University’s official campus store provider of all “required and/or recommended” course materials. This is extremely important to ensure that students can see their course material information on SOLAR when registration opens and can use different sources of financial aid to purchase their course materials.

If no course materials are required for your class, you still need to respond and indicate that “No Materials Are Needed.” Faculty can use this link to submit their information online.

If you have concerns regarding your course material submission, please contact Cynthia Cameron, Shop Red West General Manager at cynthia.cameron@stonybrook.edu.