We believe such linkages between technical and non-technical areas are the wave of the future. Indeed, of the schools responding, only two thought that computer and network availability was not an important issue to incoming students. Perhaps this is not surprising, given our society's reliance on information and information systems. However, colleges are adjusting to changing student needs in this area in many creative and sometimes unexpected ways. This ratio allows our students virtually unlimited access to a computer 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Students also have free access to the Internet, right from their rooms.
Jim Lyons, director of admissions at Seattle University , described another interesting use of information technology. In the English department, they require students to exchange and critique papers via e-mail. In the business school, they have incorporated computers throughout the curriculum. Morningside College offers each incoming student his or her own computer. We have been thrilled with the computer access at Morningside.