Campuses are turning to laptops for students
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A growing number of universities and colleges are requiring students to operate laptop computers. Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC, began issuing IBM Thinkpads and printers to freshmen starting in 1996 as part of a $3,000 tuition hike. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill mandates laptop use for its business school and medical school students, and freshmen will begin using computers in 2000. Laptops also have become a requirement or necessity at Drew University in Madison, NJ, and Valley City State University in Valley City, ND. Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania is among the schools that students are accusing of widening the socioeconomic field because of its laptop requirements. The University of North Carolina, meanwhile, said it reached its decision after realizing that 50% of undergraduates already brought computers to campus and that 25% planned to buy them while in college.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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Ascend plans to acquire stratus for $822 million
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Stratus Computer Inc., a telephone software and equipment maker based in Marlboro, Mass., will be acquired by Ascend Communications Inc., a manufacturer of computer switches that join data and voice communications, for $822 million. The deal, which raises more questions about Ascend's possible takeover by Ericsson AB, has been greeted with disappointment by Ascend shareholders. Ascend is battling for market share in the field of networking telephone equipment with rivals Lucent Technologies and Cisco Systems Inc.
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Will acquire Stratus Computer Inc., a telephone software and equipment maker based in Marlboro, Mass., for $822 million
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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