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Tuesday, December 11, 2001
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/12/2001121101t.htm Duke U. Decides Against Requiring Freshmen to Own Laptops By FLORENCE OLSEN Administrators at Duke University have decided not to require freshmen to own laptop computers next fall, saying that faculty members aren't ready to use the technology in their classrooms and that students are concerned about the cost of the machines. "The students were afraid they were going to spend a lot of money, and the faculty weren't going to take advantage of the laptops," says C.J. Walsh, a senior majoring in history who is also the student-government president. "We brought it up in front of the student legislature, and it was a pretty resounding no," Mr. Walsh says. ...
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