Day after day, week after week, professors assign countless hours of homework, most of it busy work, and expect it to be in on time, no excuses.

Unfortunately, some of our faculty members are practicing a double standard by not getting their textbook assignments in when they are supposed to.

The main problem derived from the faculties’ tardiness is the increased cost of books when they are shipped late. And it is no surprise that students are the ones incurring the extra costs.

Its unfortunate that any student should have to pay upwards of $500 for textbooks on top of tuition – which is conveniently on the rise.

Provost Larry Nielsen should hold his employees accountable for their deadlines.

It sets a terrible example when students are expected to meet deadlines and the people setting those deadlines can’t meet their own.

It isn’t hard to request textbooks for a course – professors usually adopt the same or next edition of the same book every year.

Of course, we understand there are extenuating circumstances. For instance, if a professor is scheduled to teach a course at the last minute, he or she obviously can’t get the textbook assignments in early. But in that situation, students still shouldn’t be punished.

The faculties should have a bonus built into their salaries that they can collect in the event they get their assignments in on time. If they can’t, take away the bonus money and put it toward textbook scholarships for students who need help.

It is sad that the simple process of selecting a textbook is so hard to get done – it isn’t, for example, like reading two novels in a week or solving 20 thermodynamics equations in a night.

Just because faculty members have been through college, succumbed to numerous deadlines and paid their dues doesn’t mean they are exempt now.

Put yourselves in our shoes: every cent counts in most of our budgets, and you can help us save hundreds by something as simple as filling out a textbook form on time.

Professors can’t expect students to meet the deadlines they set if they can’t even meet their own.