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ERIC Number: EJ616696
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5912
Campus Newcomers Arrive with More Skill, Better Gear: A Look at Freshman Computing Lifestyles at 5 Institutions.
Olsen, Florence
Chronicle of Higher Education, v47 n10 pA39-43 Nov 3, 2000
In the fall of 2000, half the freshman class arrived at college with their own computers, proficient at using Windows, word-processing software, the Internet and electronic mail. The author offers a look at the computing lifestyles of freshmen on five college campuses. (JM)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Information Technology, Internet, Technological Literacy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California Institute of Technology; Huston Tillotson College TX; Northern Virginia Community College; University of Minnesota; Wellesley College MA