Print funding for undergrads to increase summer 2016


Following a push from the Student Government Association to increase PrintQ funds for on campus undergraduate students, printing allocations will increase from $10 to $12 starting summer semester 2016.

During the spring 2015 semester, 2,115 of 18,413 on campus undergraduate students exceeded the allotted printing amount. During the fall 2015 semester, only 1,954 of the 19,387 on-campus undergraduates exceeded their $10 printing allotment. 

SGA proposed an increase to the base allotment of printing money to $15. Kole Taylor, manager of communications for the Office of Information Technology, said the office plans to implement the increases incrementally. 

"(The Office of Information Technology) doesn't yet have any definite plans for subsequent increases," Taylor said. "Instead, we’re going to look at a number of details next spring to determine how the increase has affected student printing, how many students still purchase additional credit (and more). From there, we’ll use that data to determine the feasibility of any future increases."

The printing increase was approved by Roger Rehm, vice president of information technology.

Students can count on increases for printing money for not just the summer semester, Taylor said, but the "following fall and spring" as well.

"I’m hesitant to simplify this to the point of saying 'if students print more, we’ll consider further increases,'" he said. "That is the gist of it, but it all comes down to reducing the number of students who need to purchase additional PrintQ credit to a reasonable number. Depending on what the data looks like when we review it next spring, further increases are definitely a possibility."

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