Computing-intensive campus helps attract increased enrollment.: An article from: T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)

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From the supplier: Northwest Missouri State Univ traces a 30 percent upsurge in freshman enrollment to the school's state-of-the-art computer network and related data communications products and services. All 5,000 students and the 250 faculty members have access to a network of 300 microcomputers, 1,000 graphic devices and 1,000 non-graphics devices and 200 printers spread throughout the campus. A wide range of computer services are available, including career guidance, instructional television scheduling, daily campus news, encyclopedia, library catalog, word processing and scholarship information. Six DEC host computers power the system, which employs two MICOM INSTANET6600 data PABXs with 3,000 channels, four INSTABUS 1080 host attachments and 60 INSTATRUNK480 T1 local multiplexors. The network handles around 50,000 end-user connections per week.

Citation Details
Title: Computing-intensive campus helps attract increased enrollment.
Publication:T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 1989
Publisher: T.H.E. Journal, LLC
Volume: v16 Issue: n9 Page: p49(1)

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