Apple has introduced a program aimed at student developers. The CD contains essential software for developing great Macintosh and Internet applications, including full versions of CodeWarrior Academic for Java from Metrowerks Corp., and Macintosh Programmer's Workshop from Apple.
More details are available at the web site.
While Apple has long been a part of higher education, that involvement was almost always limited to the institutions, and not the students. In the last 18 months, Apple has actually lost some ground as many of the scientific applications out there have ceased development of their Mac versions. As important as being involved with Universities is, it is far more important to get young people programming on the Mac. Little programmers grow up to be big programmers and for most of recent history, those little programmers have been fed from the Wintel table. This move by Apple puts many of the necessary tools in the hands of those that need them to start.