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Re: Requiring Students to Have Laptops
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeremy Mlazovsky)
Thu Feb 9 08:01:59 2017
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The University of Dayton began requiring a desktop or a notebook computer
in 1999. Around 2004 or 2005 (I forget the year now) it was modified to a
notebook requirement.
You can read a little about the current requirements at
https://udayton.edu/udit/computing_printing/student_computer_program.php
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 5:09 PM Stephen Wilson <swilson@email.wcu.edu> wrote=
:
> WCU is planning to switch to a university wide laptop requirement
> beginning in Fall 2018. We=E2=80=99ve had a university computer requirem=
ent for
> many years that is based off hardware specs rather than any particular
> vendor. The laptop requirement is still being developed, but I imagine i=
t
> will also be spec based. We run Apple and Dell certified repair centers,
> and encourage students to purchase from one of the two, but there is no
> requirement to do so. Some colleges (engineering comes to mind) have
> departmental computer requirements that go above and beyond the standard
> university requirement. I imagine some of those specify an OS, but I dou=
bt
> they require purchase from any specific vendor.
>
>
>
> Stephen
>
>
>
> *From:* Resnet Forum [mailto:RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Riz=
zo,
> Jim
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 8, 2017 4:25 PM
> *To:* RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> *Subject:* Requiring Students to Have Laptops
>
>
>
> The School of Business here is pushing to require their students to have
> laptops. The policy they sent us for review does not require specific
> laptops or brands, only that they have Windows available (including on a
> Boot Camp partition on a Mac). So I=E2=80=99m curious if there are any sc=
hools out
> there with laptop ownership requirements with similar policies or with
> policies that include a laptop program (like you must purchase specific
> laptops from a specific vendor). Any information about these types of
> policies would help. This is the college=E2=80=99s first foray into requi=
ring
> students to own a computer.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> --
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> Jim Rizzo
>
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> Providence College Information Technology
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Thank you.
Jeremy Mlazovsky '02
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College of Arts and Sciences
University of Dayton
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<div>The University of Dayton began requiring a desktop or a notebook compu=
ter in 1999.=C2=A0 Around 2004 or 2005 (I forget the year now) it was modif=
ied to a notebook requirement.</div><div><br></div><div>You can read a litt=
le about the current requirements at=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://udayton.edu/ud=
it/computing_printing/student_computer_program.php">https://udayton.edu/udi=
t/computing_printing/student_computer_program.php</a></div><div><br><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote"><div>On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 5:09 PM Stephen Wilson <=
<a href=3D"mailto:swilson@email.wcu.edu">swilson@email.wcu.edu</a>> wrot=
e:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bo=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal gmail_msg"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f4=
97d" class=3D"gmail_msg">WCU is planning to switch to a university wide lap=
top requirement beginning in Fall 2018.=C2=A0 We=E2=80=99ve had a universit=
y computer requirement for many years that is based off hardware specs rath=
er than
any particular vendor.=C2=A0 The laptop requirement is still being develop=
ed, but I imagine it will also be spec based.=C2=A0 We run Apple and Dell c=
ertified repair centers, and encourage students to purchase from one of the=
two, but there is no requirement to do so.=C2=A0
Some colleges (engineering comes to mind) have departmental computer requi=
rements that go above and beyond the standard university requirement.=C2=A0=
I imagine some of those specify an OS, but I doubt they require purchase f=
rom any specific vendor.<u class=3D"gmail_msg"></u><u class=3D"gmail_msg"><=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal gmail_msg"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt" class=3D"=
gmail_msg">The School of Business here is pushing to require their students=
to have laptops. The policy they sent us for review does not require speci=
fic laptops or brands, only that they have Windows available (including
on a Boot Camp partition on a Mac). So I=E2=80=99m curious if there are an=
y schools out there with laptop ownership requirements with similar policie=
s or with policies that include a laptop program (like you must purchase sp=
ecific laptops from a specific vendor).
Any information about these types of policies would help. This is the coll=
ege=E2=80=99s first foray into requiring students to own a computer.<u clas=
s=3D"gmail_msg"></u><u class=3D"gmail_msg"></u></span></p>
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iv><div>Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>Jeremy Mlazovsky '02</div><=
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