Glenville State College officials have announced they will begin offering textbook rental services at the campus bookstore this fall to provide students an affordable alternative to rising education costs. The Rent-A-Text program will offer students a rental option on textbooks that will save them fifty percent or more off the price of new textbooks.

"We are very excited about the launch of our Rent-A-Text Program because we are committed to providing students with affordable textbook choices," said Diana Milam, GSC Bookstore Manager.

Glenville State College Bookstore's textbook rental program will be available to students in-store and online with-in store pick up or direct shipping. The program will allow students to choose preferred form of payment including financial aid. Rent-A-Text allows students the freedom to highlight and take notes all within the normal ‘wear and tear’ associated with course work. Students have the choice to buy their textbook at the end of the term if they want to keep the book.

Rent-A-Text will be offered through Glenville State College's ongoing partnership with Follett Higher Education Group. The program is based on Follett's comprehensive pilot program that saved students nearly two million dollars on their course materials in just one semester at seven schools. More than 90 percent of students surveyed who rented textbooks expressed satisfaction with the pilot program.

Glenville State College Bookstore joins more than 550 campuses nationwide that will begin offering Follett’s Rent-A-Text for the 2010 academic year. Visit www.rent-a-text.com or www.facebook.com/rentatext for more information.