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| Content Provider | ACM Digital Library |
|---|---|
| Author | Lloyd, Les |
| Abstract | Drew is a private, liberal arts institution located in Madison, New Jersey. Originally founded as a Methodist seminary in the mid-1800's, the College of Liberal Arts was founded in 1929. The College of Liberal Arts, Theological School and Graduate School comprise Drew University today with combined enrollments of about 2200 students.The College of Liberal Arts offers 27 degree programs. There are about 100 full-time faculty members, 1600 students and 300 staff and administration in the College.In 1983, the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts initiated and overwhelmingly voted to support the Computer Initiative. The effort gained national attention, as Drew became the nation's first major liberal arts college to issue computers to incoming freshmen as part of their regular education package. Through this initiative, beginning in fall 1984, every Drew freshman was issued a personal computer for the course of undergraduate studies and to keep upon graduation. At the same time, every faculty member was issued a personal computer, and faculty voluntarily embraced a massive and continuing education program themselves to be able to adapt the computer into the college curriculum.Staff offices also received computers as they were requested and faculty requests for additional computers to take home are considered on an individual basis.When a freshman arrives at Drew, his or her computer and printer is set-up in his room and ready for use. A crew of students supervised by a staff member installs each computer and tests it during the two weeks before classes begin in the fall. This period of time is necessary to work around the physical plant's painting and cleaning schedule and dorm use by summer programs. In addition to the hardware, freshmen have received one or two word processors, along with graphics, spreadsheets and database software.The Computer Initiative budget includes a line for software expense. The general guidelines on this fund is that the first copy of a package will be purchased by the Computer Initiative. If a department or course requires additional copies, we will do the price negotiation and acquisition of the software, but try to get them to fund it or charge the students depending on the use of the package. If the department's budget cannot handle the purchase, the Computer Initiative and/or the Dean of the College will assist in finding funds. |
| Starting Page | 305 |
| Ending Page | 308 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| ISBN | 0897912411 |
| DOI | 10.1145/41866.41921 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Publisher Date | 1987-12-01 |
| Publisher Place | New York |
| Access Restriction | Subscribed |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
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