Wednesday, May 19, 1999
OU equipping dorms with computers
The Cincinnati Enquirer
ATHENS, Ohio — By the end of fall quarter, incoming freshmen at Ohio University will have a little something extra in their dorm rooms: a personal computer.
The university plans to equip 1,600 rooms in 23 residence halls with computers connected to the Internet. Cost: about $1,000 per computer and printer.
The computer is part of an initiative from an Ohio University Board of Trustees vote in April, which said computers should be required for freshmen by fall 2001.
The university is the first state- supported school in Ohio to provide first-year students with computers in their rooms, the school 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,” said OU President Robert Glidden.
The money for the computers will come from a student fee already in place earmarked for residence hall renovations. After the trustees' recent action, the school decided to alter its priorities and focus on the computer initiative, Mr. Glidden said.
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