Educause recommends asking the following questions. Albion's responses are in bold type . All of the academic departments on campus have a web presence which includes online syllabi and reading lists for the current term's courses. Many courses have web based discussion groups added to enhance and extend the courses beyond the traditional class hours. Technology resources in the form of hardware, software, training and support are available to all students to enhance their academic programs and prepare them for technology use after graduation.
All students have access to personal computers as well as multimedia hardware and software.
Students are expected to use popular business and industry standard software within their major professional field and are strongly encouraged to produce class presentations using multimedia technology. Albion College is noted for its excellent student research symposium in which all students incorporate technology in the reporting of their student research. The library catalog has been online since 1990. We currently offer more than 85 online databases, and subscribe to more than 450 online journals. In addition, thousands of other journals are available online in full-text through several databases.