March 31, 2000

Many Colleges Are in a Spending Spree for Information Technology

By FLORENCE OLSEN

Colleges and universities in the United States are upgrading their academic hardware in a $1.2-billion spending spree this year, according to a recent report released by the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. The institutions are expecting to spend 28 percent more than they did last year on computer hardware to support teaching and learning, the report says.

Public colleges will spend more than twice as much as private colleges on academic hardware, a

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