The participants were 127 freshman university students in information technology classes (93 students for course 1 (Engineering 57, Science 13, Medical 2, Literature 2, Economics 1, Education 4, and Art technology, 1) and 34 students for course 2 (Engineering 2, Pharmacy 8, Education 7, Medical 9, Law 5, Literature 2, Dentistry 1)).
It is the first high school in the state where the mission is to train students in information technology, the high-tech field that encompasses the Internet.
Technology usage The extent to which students use information technology as a tool to learn and to access information.
Initially, PUST will have about 150 graduate students in information technology and communications (ironic, no?), agriculture (equally ironic) and industrial management (a hat-trick in irony).
To obtain a diverse view of the programmes' challenges and successes, on-site data were collected from programme managers, tutors, students, and information technology (IT) specialists through both structured interviews and questionnaires (see Table 1).
"I like reading in print because I can carry it around with me if I don't have Internet access," said Alexandria Velez, 31, a student in information technology from Staten Island.
The core teacher and administrative officials can audit off-school activities of each student through information technology.
Women's under-representation in high-paying jobs in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) mirrors their earlier choices of matriculation electives: male students favour physics, information technology and advanced mathematics; female students favour life sciences.
Under a bill the governor has proposed, the state would set aside $3 million over the next two years to give students in nursing, information technology and certain teachers up to $10,000 over five years to pay off student loans.
Students' attitudes to information technology and learning styles were measured by a rearranged questionnaire, and a principal component analysis identified the students' orientations to information technology and the learning environment.
