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Regis College is giving an iPad to every incoming Freshman, not to mention faculty and administrators.?
See correction at end of article.
Regis College announced Monday that, starting this fall, it would distribute iPads to all incoming full-time students as well as to full-time and half-time faculty.
The tablet computers, made by Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) will come preloaded with apps tailored to Regis' classes, Regis said in a news release.
Regis has about 1,600 undergraduate and graduate students, according to a current college handbook. Tuition and fees for the coming academic year are nearly $47,000 in total, according to the university's website.
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The college will buy 1,230 iPads, a spokeswoman said. At a cost of $380 per device, the university will spend nearly half a million dollars to equip everyone on campus with a stylish tablet computer.
In preparation, faculty members have been using iPads since the spring to include digital teaching into their curriculum, according to the news release.
Incoming freshmen have been in iPad training sessions, the news release said, and leadership at the Weston, Mass. private college has been using the device in its strategic planning.
Correction
An earlier version of this story included a headline that mischaracterized Regis College's iPad program. The college is giving an iPad to every incoming students, including new freshmen and returning students.
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