Barnes & Noble Education and Georgia College & State University (GCSU) Launch First Day® Complete Program to Increase Student Success – Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED)

More than 5,500 undergraduate students have access to all required textbooks, lab manuals, access codes and electronic book versions before the first day of class

Barnes and Noble College (BNC), a Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE:BNED) company and a leading solutions provider to the education industry, today announced the upcoming launch of First Day® Complete at Georgia College & State University (GCSU). . . Barnes & Noble College (BNC), which manages BNED’s campus bookstores and associated school-branded e-commerce sites, will launch First Day Complete in August 2023 for the 5,500 undergraduate students attending Georgia College.

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With the launch of First Day Complete, all Georgia College undergraduate students have access to all required textbooks, lab manuals, access codes, digital materials, and e-books prior to their first day of class in one convenient package, saving the average student between 35% and 50%.

By delivering all course materials through an extremely convenient concierge service, First Day Complete ensures that students have access to all required course materials on or before the first day of class, allowing them to engage with the course content from day one, freeing them up prepare better and can facilitate their academic success. The program offers educators full academic freedom, allowing them to select courseware they believe is best suited to their curriculum and leveraging BNC’s strong relationships with more than 6,000 publishers to create a simplified, one-stop experience.

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“We are pleased to announce that Georgia College and State University is the first institution in the University System of Georgia to adopt First Day Complete,” said Jonathan Shar, President of Barnes & Noble College. “First Day Complete ensures students are ready to start learning on day one, leading to greater student success while providing a more affordable and convenient way for students to receive their course materials. We support the mission of Georgia College to provide education of the highest quality, through this partnership, we will offer a wide array of academic solutions and a seamless retail experience to foster Georgia College student success in the classroom and beyond We look forward to working with Georgia College and our other partner schools to continue to provide solutions that enable academic success for all students.”

“First Day Complete ensures GCSU students have their books and other study materials on hand before entering class on the first day of each semester. This better prepares students for the academic semester and can help them complete courses and Our professors and lecturers will continue to have the freedom to choose books and course materials from any publisher and in any format—as they always have—and should benefit from the fact that students are engaged from day one of class prepared for full participation,” said Dr. Mark Pelton, associate vice president for strategic initiatives at Georgia College & State University. “We believe that First Day Complete will have a positive impact and be a compelling solution for our students, faculty and the university will be as a whole.”

With First Day Complete, costs are not accounted for à la carte, but are accounted for in each student’s account when calculating tuition. In July 2023, students will receive an email from the Georgia College Bookstore asking them to select their preferred delivery method for fall semester materials. The bookstore prepares materials for each student and notifies them when materials are available for in-store pickup or have been shipped. Digital materials are automatically sent to the students.

Here’s what students, faculty, and administrators had to say about their experience with First Day Complete and how it has positively impacted their institutions. Watch the video here.

For more information about BNC’s First Day Complete, visit www.bncollege.com/academic-solutions/first-day-complete/.

Barnes & Noble College, an educational division of Barnes & Noble, currently operates more than 770 campus stores nationwide. For more information on Barnes & Noble College services and locations, visit http://www.bncollege.com.

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