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OHIO
UNIVERSITY TO EQUIP FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS' ROOMS WITH
COMPUTERS
News
directors, editors: Photos of President Robert Glidden
delivering this announcement are available online:
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ATHENS,
Ohio -- First-year students at Ohio University will find
their residence hall rooms equipped with a state-of-the-art
personal computer and Internet access when they arrive on
campus fall quarter, Ohio
University President
Robert Glidden announced May 18 at a news conference.
Twenty-three
residence halls containing about 1,600 rooms will be
equipped with personal computers, Glidden said.
"We
believe that student access to technology is so important to
our learning environment on a residential campus that we
have reordered our priorities for residence hall renovations
to make this possible," Glidden said. "We know that our
students must be 'computer astute' for nearly any pursuit in
life, and that requirement will only become more intense in
the future. While technology is not a panacea for higher
education, we do believe that it affords the opportunity to
make learning more engaging and more effective. We want both
our students and our faculty to have that advantage."
Ohio
University is the first state-supported university in Ohio
to provide first-year students with computers in their
rooms.
Funding
for the computers will come from a student fee already in
place that is earmarked for renovation of the residence
halls, said Bob Hynes, director of Residence and Campus
Auxiliary Services. Hynes said computer companies have
indicated the cost for such a program would be about $1,000
per computer and printer.
The
computer initiative follows a resolution from the Ohio
University Board of Trustees in April that called for a
freshman computer requirement by the beginning of classes
fall quarter 2001, or sooner if possible.
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Additional
Resources:
- Read
a question
and answer session with President Robert
Glidden
for more information.
- Also,
you can view a video clip of President Robert Glidden
discussing the benefits of this initiative. You'll
need RealPlayer and at least a 28.8 Kbps modem. If you
don't have RealPlayer, or want to get the latest version
(recommended for best results), it is available as a free
download from their Web site (www.real.com).
The clip is available at 28.8
(use if you have an older version of RealPlayer or a
slower connection) and 56K/G2
(optimized for Real's G2 players; use if you have a
faster connection)
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clip
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