For over ten years, alumni donors have made it possible for Williams students receiving financial aid to receive all required course texts for any class they choose to take – for free.
Textbooks are essential not only for students to prepare and engage in their classes, but to excel at their chosen disciplines. Assistant Professor of Statistics and Mathematics Liz Upton shares how exciting it is to see the fields of statistics and data science growing over the last few years and notes “it’s important that we are utilizing resources that keep pace with all of these changes.”
Prior to the spring of 2010, students would each receive the same nominal book grant amount each semester, regardless of the actual cost of their textbooks; students could also borrow books from the Class of 1914 Library (a textbook lending library), but inventory was limited and access was not guaranteed.
Now, your Alumni Fund gift can help make textbooks available for today’s students. To date, thanks to the expanded financial aid book grant and the generosity of Alumni Fund donors like you, Williams has provided over 200,000 textbooks and course materials to over 4,000 Ephs.
Buy the Book runs at the start of the fall and spring semesters to allow alumni a chance to support this incredible program.
The financial aid book grant helps to make sure that the cost of materials is not a barrier to students seeking to take courses and allows all students the ability to make the most of a liberal arts education. Thank you for helping Williams make true affordability a reality!