College students who don't make deadlines on their homework are often penalized heavily for failing to do what their professor asks of them.
There is good reason for this. In the real world employers expect their employees to meet the deadlines they establish. We can do it in meeting deadlines to publish the Apache. Instructors can do it by submitting grades on time. Doctors can do it by being making appointments. Why can't the company that printed the college's Spring 2001 class schedule meet their deadline?
IVCC contracted Standard Register, a 100-year-old publishing company based in Dayton, Ohio, to print the college's Spring 2001 class schedule. The company, which was supposed to have the schedules printed by October, was late in meeting the due date by a month.
The college gave Standard Register publishing's Peoria branch the job because it was the lowest, and believed to be the most responsible bidder. Obviously, that wasn't the case.
The schedules were mailed out to prospective IVCC students late and couldn't be distributed on campus until Thanksgiving week.
But the verdict is still out on what will become of the company's costly mistake. Enrollment at IVCC may decline. And that could cost the college far more than the $14,000 it paid to have the schedules printed.
IVCC has already removed the company from its bid list.
There needs to be more action taken against this company. A student that doesn't do what has been asked of him or her is held accountable for his or her actions. Standard Register should be no different.
IVCC's administration needs to demand a full, or at least a partial refund from the company. It's the only way to flunk them.