From Infobits
"The Internet Goes to College: How Students are Living in the Future with Today's Technology" (September 15, 2002) reports on the findings of a Pew Internet & American Life Project survey of U.S. students at two-year and four-year public and private colleges and universities between March 2002 and June 2002. Some of the study's findings include:
-- 79% of college Internet users say the Internet has had a positive impact on their college academic experience.
-- 73% of college Internet users use it for research more than they use the library.
-- Nearly half of college Internet users email ideas to professors that they wouldn't dare say in class.
-- 56% believe that email has enhanced their relationship with professors.
The complete report is available on the Web.