Hancock College announces $40K textbook purchase, launches Zero Textbook Cost program | Education | lompocrecord.com

"Hancock College administrators promised Wednesday that the price of instructional materials will no longer be a financial barrier to student success, pledging to ease the burden imposed by the inaccessibility and rising cost of textbooks. Speaking during a press conference at the campus library, college officials announced the purchase of $40,000 in textbooks — about 250 required textbooks for spring semester classes — for the Santa Maria and Lompoc Valley campus libraries. ..."