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Re: what's happening with res hall computer labs?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Beth McCullough)
Tue Jan 3 13:29:11 2012
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Hi, Jan et al.:
On our annual student survey, we ask students how important it is for
them to have a computer cluster in (or very close to) their residences.
Typically more than 80% of undergrads indicate that this is 'very
important' or 'important' to them. One of the primary reasons is having
access to a 'study space away from room'. Because most Stanford students
have laptops, one of the features in our spaces that they appreciate
most are the large-screen monitors on our managed computers, and some of
our spaces have large-screen displays specifically for laptops and areas
for small group work.
My sense is that, regardless of what technology is present in the
lab/cluster/study space, the space itself will retain high value to
residents.
A summary of our most recent (2010-2011) undergraduate survey is at:
http://acomp.stanford.edu/surveys/2010_2011_undergraduate#residence
and I'm happy to share more information about it if anyone is interested.
Thanks,
Beth
On 12/19/11 1:41 PM, Jan Gerenstein wrote:
> I haven't seen this question for awhile, I'm interested in knowing
> what your campus is doing with computer labs, specifically in the res
> halls although I'm curious about the rest of campus too. Here at NIU
> we are in the process of building some new and renovating existing res
> halls, and decisions are being made not to include computer labs in
> those facilities. I'm still not so sure students won't miss the labs,
> but we are also moving toward a campus pay for print solution
> (finally!) and there is a pilot program in the College of Business
> with computer lab apps in the cloud (Citrix), but we're not there yet
> campus wide.
> Would really like to hear what others are doing
> Jan Gerenstein
> Associate Director, Residential Technology
> Housing & Dining
> Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management
> Northern Illinois University
> 815-753-5339
> jstein@niu.edu
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Hi, Jan et al.:<br>
<br>
On our annual student survey, we ask students how important it is
for them to have a computer cluster in (or very close to) their
residences. Typically more than 80% of undergrads indicate that this
is 'very important' or 'important' to them. One of the primary
reasons is having access to a 'study space away from room'. Because
most Stanford students have laptops, one of the features in our
spaces that they appreciate most are the large-screen monitors on
our managed computers, and some of our spaces have large-screen
displays specifically for laptops and areas for small group work.<br>
<br>
My sense is that, regardless of what technology is present in the
lab/cluster/study space, the space itself will retain high value to
residents.<br>
<br>
A summary of our most recent (2010-2011) undergraduate survey is at:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://acomp.stanford.edu/surveys/2010_2011_undergraduate#residence">http://acomp.stanford.edu/surveys/2010_2011_undergraduate#residence</a><br>
and I'm happy to share more information about it if anyone is
interested.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Beth<br>
<br>
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<div>I haven't seen this question for awhile, I'm interested in
knowing what your campus is doing with computer labs,
specifically in the res halls although I'm curious about the
rest of campus too. Here at NIU we are in the process of
building some new and renovating existing res halls, and
decisions are being made not to include computer labs in those
facilities. I'm still not so sure students won't miss the labs,
but we are also moving toward a campus pay for print solution
(finally!) and there is a pilot program in the College of
Business with computer lab apps in the cloud (Citrix), but we're
not there yet campus wide.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Would really like to hear what others are doing</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Jan Gerenstein<br>
Associate Director, Residential Technology </div>
<div>Housing & Dining<br>
Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management<br>
Northern Illinois University <br>
815-753-5339<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jstein@niu.edu">jstein@niu.edu</a><br>
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Beth McCullough
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