Lessons learned creating a laptop policy for computing programs

The Division of Computing Studies at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus is in the process of instituting a laptop requirement policy for undergraduate and graduate students. The paper describes the motivation and rationale for this policy, the information gathered during the feasibility study, and finally the policy itself as well as a rationale for the decisions. The paper provides others considering similar requirements the experience gained by this organization. The study also considered a campus-wide laptop policy, but concluded there were too many unanswered questions and risks which are both discussed in the paper.