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Make Textbooks Affordable: Recommendations to Faculty

Faculty are in charge of selecting textbooks, which puts them in a key position to help students save money. Follow these guidelines to help minimize costs.

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Resource | Textbooks

Textbooks Project Packet

Want to join the fight to make textbooks affordable? Download this resource for everything you need to know to organize the textbooks campaign on your campus.

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Resource | Textbooks

Federal Textbook Price Disclosure Law

The HEOA, short for the Higher Education Opportunity Act, is a higher education reform bill passed by Congress in 2008. Among the many provisions in HEOA was a set of important regulations to help make textbooks affordable, which went into effect July 1, 2010.

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Resource | Oceans

Great Pacific Clean-up Project Packet

Download this resource for everything you need to know to organize the oceans campaign on your campus.

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Resource | Consumer Protection

CALPIRG: Apartment Hunting Guide

Finding a new apartment can be a daunting experience. There are a ton of choices, lease terms can be confusing and just about everyone knows someone who had a bad experience with an apartment or landlord. This guide is designed to provide some simple tips for prospective student renters to help you avoid getting ripped off by a bad landlord or experiencing unforeseen problems with renting.

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Hunger and Homelessness

The Hunger and Homelessness Campaign makes meals at the Ocean Park Community Center with food they gathered at a donation drive earlier in the week.
CALPIRG interns after making meals at the Ocean Park Community Center.
This Halloween, the Hunger and Homelessness Campaign collected over 150 canned food items for local food banks during their Trick-Or-Can event.
UC Davis students kick off a TEXT-2-GIVE table for Somalia Famine Relief on the quad – our efforts statewide raised thousands of dollars for famine relief.
he Improv Group at UCR came to our Open Mic Night to fundraise for the famine in Somalia.
The UC Davis Hunger and Homelessness campaign raised hundreds of dollars for famine relief in Somalia.
Hunger and Homelessness intern Roua Aboukhadijeh collecting interview footage on campus for a short film on poverty.
Volunteers make props for upcoming hunger and homelessness events.
The Hunger and Homelessness campaign tabling at the Davis Farmer's Market for the Davis Empowerment Project to help reintegrate the homeless back into the workforce.
CALPIRG volunteers handing out homemade lunches to those in need.