Technology revolution goes to college.

The use of information technology in college courses--including electronic mail, multimedia, CD-ROM, commercial courseware, and simulations--has grown dramatically, as has the number of students and faculty routinely using the Internet and World Wide Web (WWW). "Something very significant is happening," maintains Kenneth C. Green, director of the 1995 Campus Computing Survey and a visiting scholar at The Claremont Graduate School. "Following several decades of great aspirations and more than a dozen years of significant institutional investments, information technology has emerged as a permanent, respected, and increasingly essential component of the college experience."

The survey data suggest that a majority of all college students and faculty now have some sort of recurring instructional experience with information technology resources and technology-based learning activities. "The much-discussed `technology revolution'--in reality, the slow, gradual movement of information technology resources into the curriculum and the classroom experience--is picking up speed. Growing numbers of college students expect a technology component in their courses; across all disciplines, growing numbers of faculty are utilizing technology resources to enhance the content of the curriculum."

Green reports that more than half of all college students...