Issuing each undergraduate student a personal computer: living with it for three years

ABSTRACT

Clarkson University was the first university to issue incoming freshmen a desktop computer system. The program has been in place for three years; now all incoming undergraduates receive a desktop system. Last year, the university did a study to determine its computing needs for the next five years. Students were surveyed for their remarks regarding the computing facilities — including the desktop program. This paper notes some of those findings as well as some comments made by the faculty who were surveyed.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
      H.1.2 User/Machine Systems
          Subjects: Human factors

  J. Computer Applications
  J.1 ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING
      Subjects: Education

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION

General Terms:
Human Factors, Management, Measurement, Performance