AUS Enforces Book Fee; Students Angry
Returning American University of Sharjah (AUS) students are in a furore over a new rule that forces them to pay a Dh1,250 fee towards textbooks they may only buy at the institution’s bookstore.
Students say the new initiative, which comes into effect at the end of the month, is an added blow as the university increased fees by 12 per cent for the 2009-2010 academic earlier this year.
However, the university says the new rule was implemented to discourage infringements on international copyright laws.
“It’s a money-stealing scheme,” said AUS student Amnah Haddad. “We are forced to pay this money to buy books only from our bookstore, therefore we students cannot buy second- hand books as we used to.”
A letter recently sent from the university’s Student Accounts Department stated that the rule is an attempt to “abide by international copyright laws which the university must abide by to maintain accreditation”…SOURCE
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Who couldn't be angry by that. I'd rather buy books outside than wasting my money with them.
- Emo -