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Volume 3 Issue 5May 1999

Colleges Keeping Pace

Source: www.aascu.nche.edu/news

A recent American Association of State Colleges and Universities survey found colleges and universities spent a total of $2.8 billion on computer hardware and software for the 1998-99 school year. Public institutions averaged $149 per student, and private institutions averaged $283 per student.

There is a reason for this spending frenzy. Results of the annual survey show substantial growth in use of technology for academic work. The number of courses using electronic mail rose more than 11 percent (to 44 percent) since last year, while the number of courses using Web pages for class materials and resources reached 22.5 percent, up nearly 8 percent. Responding to this demand, nearly a third of institutions have formal plans to use the Internet in distance education, an increase of about 25 percent.