Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mandrill!gatech!ncar!ames!ucsd!ucsdhub!esosun!seismo!uunet!ndsuvax!ncmagel
From: ncmagel@ndsuvax.UUCP (ken magel)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: student computers
Message-ID: <1019@ndsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jul 88 20:43:35 GMT
Organization: North Dakota State University  Fargo, ND
Lines: 10


     What should the role of student-owned computers be in Computer Science
undergraduate education?  SOme schools require all students or at least all
CS majors to purchase microcomputers usaully at special prices.  IS this what
we should all be doing?  WHy or why not?  How about software?  As OS/2 and 
other more sophisticated micro operating systems increase in costs and machine
hardware requirements, how can we provide students with these as well for their
own machines?  What of the need or desire to update software every few months?
Is a diversity of machines and software among students desireable, acceptable,
or too difficult to handle?