{"id":265466,"date":"2025-12-17T19:04:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldimagingnews.com\/?p=265466"},"modified":"2025-12-17T19:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:19:40","slug":"rit-ends-historic-print-and-graphic-media-programs-after-century-long-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldimagingnews.com\/fr\/rit-ends-historic-print-and-graphic-media-programs-after-century-long-run\/","title":{"rendered":"RIT Ends Historic Print and Graphic Media Programs After Century-Long Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><strong>ROCHESTER | New York &#8211; December 2025 &#8211;<\/strong> After more than 100 years of operation and a legacy of 4,000 graduates, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has officially deactivated its Print and Graphic Media Technology bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s programs. As reported by <b>Hannah Meyer<\/b>, the decision follows a sustained period of declining enrollment that finally led the university to pull the plug on the historic department.<\/p>\n<h5 data-path-to-node=\"5\">The Shift in Student Interest<\/h5>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">The decline wasn&#8217;t sudden. Bruce Myers, an associate professor within the department, told Meyer that the closure was expected given the changing landscape of high school education. Many students now view printing through a vocational lens rather than a professional degree path. Furthermore, the high cost of equipment and a public perception that &#8220;print&#8221; begins and ends with dying newspapers have steered prospective students elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">Myers highlighted the program&#8217;s prestigious past, noting that in 1981, enrollment hit a record high of 775 students. At that time, Myers noted, the program was considered the &#8220;Harvard of printing.&#8221; Today, however, students interested in digital imaging and software like Adobe Creative Suite often opt for one of the nearly ten other majors RIT offers that cover similar ground.<\/p>\n<h5 data-path-to-node=\"8\">Impact on the Student Body<\/h5>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">The reaction on campus is a mix of sadness and resignation. Meyer spoke with students who saw the writing on the wall:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"10\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\"><b>Ethan Tourville (4th Year):<\/b> Expressed frustration over the loss of academic diversity and fewer course options, noting that class sizes had dwindled to as few as two students.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\"><b>Mathew Kiptum Kipruto (Graduate Student):<\/b> Shared a particularly moving account of moving from Kenya specifically for this degree, as no such graduate-level programs exist in Africa. For Kipruto, the deactivation is a personal blow to a lifelong passion.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 data-path-to-node=\"11\">The &#8220;Teach-Out&#8221; and the Future<\/h5>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">RIT will not leave current students stranded. The university is implementing a <b>&#8220;teach-out&#8221; process<\/b>, which allows those currently enrolled to complete their curriculum and earn their degrees even though new applications are no longer being accepted.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13\">While the dedicated major is disappearing, the discipline will not vanish entirely:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" data-path-to-node=\"14\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14,0,0\"><b>Club Presence:<\/b> The Technical Association for Graphic Arts (TAGA) will continue to offer students hands-on experience with print and digital production.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14,1,0\"><b>Integrated Curriculum:<\/b> RIT plans to fold two specialized printing courses into the existing packaging science major to ensure the technology remains a part of the university&#8217;s academic fabric.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rit.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.itu.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROCHESTER | New York &#8211; December 2025 &#8211; After more than 100 years of operation and a legacy of 4,000 graduates, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has officially deactivated its&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":265470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1180],"tags":[1369],"class_list":["post-265466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-rit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldimagingnews.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldimagingnews.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldimagingnews.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldimagingnews.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldimagingnews.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265466"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/worldimagingnews.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265471,"href":"https:\/\/worldimagingnews.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265466\/revisions\/265471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldimagingnews.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldimagingnews.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldimagingnews.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldimagingnews.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}