Tuition surcharge leads to improved technology Students will see a dramatic improvement in on-campus computer technology during the next several months. Geoffrey S. Nathan, an assistant professor of linguistics who chairs the University's Computing Advisory Committee, said that because the money was raised through a surcharge on tuition, the technology improvements must be student oriented.
Students can expect to see some dramatic changes over the next several months.
Under the plan adopted by the Board of Trustees, distribution of the surcharge is based on actual enrollment figures from the fall 1999 semester. After the surcharge was approved, a Technology Fee Committee was created to administer the allocation process. The committee, made up of three administrators and four students, asked for proposals this spring. Most of the improvements will take place during the next several months. Nathan believes that about 225 new computers will be purchased through the surcharge.