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?