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"Eighty-seven percent of college students surveyed said they considered their institution's technology when selecting their college. This finding is also reflected in CDW-G's 21st-Century Classroom Report, which looked at educational technology in K-12 and found that 92 percent of current high school students say technology is an important consideration as they evaluate colleges. "

Oh - and it reminds me of the University of Michigan learning spaces designs - Cole took pictures. I think it's their North Quad.

I wasn't able to download the report w/o creating an account, but I'm curious *what* technologies are important to students as it pertains to selecting a university. Another highlight claimed that both faculty and students find 'virtual learning' and 'e-reader/mobile technologies' important. Not sure if those are the top 2 things kids look at when selecting a university...I would find that somewhat hard to believe. I know bandwidth cap still plays a role here in terms of on-campus housing post freshman year. Wonder if that also plays a role in university selection.

"Rows of desks, teacher lectures, and passive learning won't lift us into the future. We need a serious, national discussion on what the 21st century classroom can and should look like, acknowledging the variety of ways that students learn, the multitude of tools they use to interact with the world, and the growing use of online learning."

This may be a K-12 article but I could see some of these strategies being used within higher ed. Google Jockeying BYOD (bring your own device) might really work well with Clickers. It may even work well with a Flipped Classroom approach.