VitalSource Insights

Central Michigan University wanted an Inclusive Access program that could grow. Read how choosing Verba’s Connect tools ensured the best priced options for their students, streamlined their invoice process, and made scaling an IA program manageable and hassle-free.

Following a shift from PDF materials to VitalSource etexts, the University of Phoenix set out to discover whether or not the VitalSource platform was improving course outcomes for their students. Read the full case study to learn more about their findings.

As the discussion about the rising costs of course materials percolated on Bellevue College’s campus, Campus Store Director Kristen Connely had an exciting idea: bring students to a conference on the topic to engage them in finding solutions. This idea led Bellevue to a booming Inclusive Access program.

The Sea Devil Store at Cape Fear Community College looked to inclusive access to drive course material affordability. Learn how the team worked to streamline communication and billing accuracy to scale their program impacting day-one access for thousands of students.

The Utah State University Campus Store sees digital and Inclusive Access as its future and a way to better serve students. Read how they automated time-consuming workflows and showed administrators the meaningful impact IA has on affordability.

The Ashland University Campus Store team is proud to increase student savings through its growing Inclusive Access program. Learn how digital helps reduce student debt, increase day-one access to course materials, and improve campus store cash flow management.

The rising cost of course materials had the team at Wilfrid Laurier University looking for options. Watching the acceleration of Inclusive Access programs, the team began exploring the benefits a day-one access program could offer their students. The campus united on a mission of delivering access and affordability through the implementation of Inclusive Access. Read how the institution was set up for success with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, minimizing disruption to students.

Learn how the cross-campus team at Wayland Baptist University shifted their course material business model from profit center to student service model. This shift was fueled by rapid scale of inclusive access across their campuses.

Learn how Ozarks Technical Community College quickly built a successful Inclusive Access program and improved relationships with campus stakeholders. Now, in their continuing quest for affordability, they have decided a move to Equitable Access is the natural next step.

In the fall of 2020, the team at the University of California Davis launched their groundbreaking Equitable Access program to reduce course material inequities with the first of its kind flat-rate, digital-first subscription program to drive predictability in course materials costs while increasing access to required materials. Read how Equitable Access allowed for 100% of access for all undergraduate students while preserving academic freedom. 

The impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic thrust institutions across the country into remote learning in March 2020. The Bronco Bookstore at Cal Poly Pomona reacted quickly and ramped up its digital offerings in its Inclusive Access program to increase student access to course materials. Read to understand what steps the store found successful in growing its digital program by 400%.