Higher education Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Colleges enthused as iTunes classes go live

by Mel Martin (Jan 21st, 2012)

There's a pretty high level of excitement flowing from Thursday's arrival of the iTunes U app. Harvard University is now adding its science + cooking lectures from its school of Engineering and Science for what will likely be an interesting public offering. Titles like 'Olive Oil and Viscosity' and ...

The current state of Mac use in higher education

by David Winograd (Nov 15th, 2010)

Apple used to own the Higher Education market throughout the 80s and early 90s. Apple eventually took a back seat to the lower-priced Dell product line, but all of that is changing. According to a Group Logic Inc. survey of IT professionals at 125 North American colleges and universities, use of ...

University of Florida pharmacy students must have iPhone or iPod Touch

by Mel Martin (Jul 9th, 2009)

It's getting to be the 'in' thing for Colleges and Universities. The University of Florida at Gainesville is now requiring incoming pharmacy students for the fall semester to have either an iPhone or an iPod touch. The student Newspaper, the Alligator, quotes the College of Pharmacy Dean William ...

University handing out iPhones to freshmen

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 27th, 2008)

Abilene Christian University is announcing a pilot program to provide an iPhone or iPod touch to every new student. At first glance, I found myself wondering: if some colleges are providing MacBooks with tuition, doesn't an iPhone seem like a less-expensive attempt to lure new blood? Upon further ...

All Mac University

by Mat Lu (Feb 24th, 2007)

Everybody knows that the Mac and higher education are supposed to go together like, well... like two things that go really well together. However, those of us that have spent a lot of time on campus lately realize that is often not the case. At my own university (and the one I recently left), the ...

3 year warranty with Higher Ed. purchases, or not?

by Conrad Quilty-Harper (May 26th, 2006)

A few weeks ago, Apple stuck a message up on their Higher Education store (EU only) stating that due to a new national agreement for Higher Education individual purchases, any Macs purchased from the store would receive three years of parts and labor coverage at no extra cost. When I later ...