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http://chronicle.com/free/2002/05/2002051002t.htm

De Anza College Tries Offering Recycled Computers to Financial-Aid Students
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Administrators at De Anza College, in Cupertino, Calif., hope to make technology more accessible to their students through a new program offering "recycled" computers to those receiving financial aid. This quarter, 10 students at the college will receive free computers assembled at the Computer Recycling Center, a local nonprofit organization that repackages computers discarded by California businesses. Students in De Anza's computer-science program will confer with the recipients about their needs and will later train them to use the machines....

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