All students are responsible for reading, understanding, and abiding by the guidelines presented in the Student Handbook and republished on this web page.
The cover story on the October 4, 2002 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education listed the top ten ways for colleges to reduce Information Technology costs. Number one was, "Create limits or rules for students' printouts." Private and public higher education institutions deal with this issue in a variety of different ways. In the past eleven months increased costs related to student printing have been discussed with DAC (academic department heads), the academic technology liaison group, and Academic Affairs. As a result of those discussions, the following printing policy has been drafted and will be enacted starting in January 2006. This policy will:
- Promote resource sustainability (currently over 45% of the paper printed in the computing laboratories is not claimed by users and must be recycled).
- Discourage and reduce consumable resources waste.
- Reduce the cost associated with printing.
The goal of this policy is to ensure the most efficient use of printing resources for Ringling College and its users.
The complete policy is posted to the Ringling website https://www.ringling.edu/policies-and-procedures/