Many students rated their word processing skills as very good or excellent and indicated they were comfortable learning new computer programs. Nearly all students surveyed had activated the Access Account provided to them by the University. Three fourths of students surveyed had a class that required them to use computers for word processing A majority of students anticipate that the use of computers will be very important or extremely important to their work after graduation. There were significant differences among students in their evaluation of their own word processing skills. If they had questions about computers, students were most likely to seek assistance from friends, the CAC lab staff or Help Desk.
Students also turn for advice to manuals and manufacturers technical support.
During the past three weeks, students used a personal computer most often to access their E-Mail or to do word processing. There were significant differences between students who lived on campus and students who lived off campus in the reasons why they used computers during the past three weeks. Male students were more likely that females students to use computers for programming and for games. Students were equally divided in stating that required use of computers in classes be kept about the same or increased somewhat. This publication is available in alternative media on request.