Student expectations Undergraduate students arriving at Duke are used to having technology integrated into activities of daily life as well as into their educational activities. Undergraduates increasingly expect universities not only to provide access to current technologies but also to weave those technologies into their educational programs.
Graduate students have even higher expectations for using technology.
They assume that their education will give them experience in using the technology tools needed to conduct research in their chosen fields. Job market expectations Students in this new environment are well aware that their future employers in both the business and private sectors will expect them to have a range of technical skills and be able to apply them in their work life. Leading universities will be ones that can explain clearly to prospective and enrolled students how their education builds on the technology skills they already have and prepares them for challenging careers. Faculty expectations New faculty coming to Duke have used information technology extensively in their graduate school research and see teaching with technology as a natural extension of their research activities. Top faculty expect the institutions in which they work to have access to high-speed networks, powerful desktop and laboratory computers, classrooms with data projection capabilities and support services that allow them and their students to integrate technology easily into course activities.