October 20, 2006

Google Expands Its Bid to Run Student E-Mail Systems

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Google has expanded its efforts to provide student e-mail services to colleges, and while some campus officials are not yet ready to hand over such a critical function to an outside company, they are tempted by the price — it's free.

Google announced the expanded service here last week at the Educause conference on technology in higher education. The service, called Google Apps for Education, lets participating colleges outsource their student e-mail while still allowing

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