The Study of Students Perceptions of On-campus ... - Research Bank

institute owns multi buildings. For different types of organisation, the
benefits to people are different. In education, students and teachers are
benefit from easier access to information. This can be compared with the
people in IT departments who are benefit from “easier infrastructure
implementation in the reduction of physical cabling required”
(“Government Solution Blueprint”, 2003).
“Laptop has become must-have for today's college students” by Brass (2004)
stated that the demand for laptops by college students was rising to a top
position on the supply lists for schools. The report mentioned that “in the
past couple of years almost 100 percent of dorm students have activated
their network connections and increasing numbers are lugging laptops to
class” (Brass, 2004). As soon as wireless happened laptop sales increased.
Students not only took laptops but also took personal digital assistants or
PDAs to school. According to Brass (2004), students took laptops to school
for academic uses and other capabilities of the wireless network, such as
keeping in touch with friends and family through instant messaging
services. The report stated that a first year student would spend $759.97
on electronics out of $1,200 on school gear. According to Brass (2004), “the
organization estimated that, in all, parents and students would spend $7.5
billion on electronics compared to $3.2 billion on clothing and accessories,
$2.6 billion on dorm or apartment furnishings, $2.1 billion on school
supplies and $1.5 billion on shoes.” The author considered that computers
were expensive and computer purchases increased the students’ budget. If
schools required students have to have a computer, they could pay for it by
using federal loans. The school might require students to have computers
because of the needs of some courses, such as architecture and design,
engineering and business. For example, “business students have used the
computers to set up simulated business” (Brass, 2004).
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