There was discussion in the Current Issues session about the changing nature of some campuses. All too often, faculty come to campus to teach, hold a few office hours, attend a few meetings, and leave. As more and more campuses wire their residence halls, reports of 70 percent of the students bringing computers to campus are not unusual. With increased computing power available in personal computers, the technology resources available on campus are desired at home. Technology support is more and more frequently being provided in schools and departments closer to the end-user.
Some departments provide their own modem pools.
Network security and integrity is a major concern, as staff in an individual department often do not have the expertise or technical resources to provide such services as network authentication. Continue to operate university-owned modems. Some institutions continue to operate their own modem pools, and each institution must decide whether it can provide the services at no cost to the end user or whether users will pay a subscription or monthly charge. The University of Texas at Austin successfully operates a modem pool containing 2,960 modems and has developed a sustaining model based on charges their users pay. Similarly, Baylor University offers modem access for a monthly fee.