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<Title>$286,465 in Estimated Student Savings for Spring 22!</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">One of the driving forces in expanding CMI has always been increasing the affordability of required course materials and saving students money. That sounds great in theory, but what are the numbers?<div><br></div><div>Based on our program value compared to digital list prices (perpetual duration) and national pricing of non-digital items adopted, CMI saved students approximately <u>$286,465*</u> in course materials costs this Spring 22. This is a savings of 28.7% per license before sales tax. Woo-hoo! <div><br></div><div><br><div>         <img src="https://media.lrng.org/34/17/743af599c41f5c4cb657e53c474f740dacd4-400x300.gif" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div></div></div><div>*Saving figures provided by VerbaConnect</div></div>
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<Summary>One of the driving forces in expanding CMI has always been increasing the affordability of required course materials and saving students money. That sounds great in theory, but what are the...</Summary>
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<PostedAt>Fri, 08 Apr 2022 12:18:43 -0400</PostedAt>
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