Reference Guide to NeXT in Higher Ed

Reproduced with permission from NeXT Computer, Inc.
A Reference Guide to NeXT in Higher Education, Fall 1992
ยช 1992 NeXT Computer, Inc

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to A Reference Guide to NeXT in Higher Education, Fall 1992.
In the pages that follow, you'll discover how campuses across North America are preparing for computing in the 1990s with NeXT and NeXTSTEP. You'll learn why Phil Menos, systems analyst for the Princeton University Libraries says, "NeXT combines the most innovative technology with the most features at the most competitive price. The machines have met the library's administrative and research needs in an effective manner that is best positioned to expand in the future."

It's been nearly four years since NeXT Computer, Inc. introduced the first NeXT computer, and since then the impact of NeXT technology on campuses from Columbia, Missouri to Monterrey, Mexico has been far-reaching indeed. Almost daily, we hear of institutions that are radically reshaping curricula with the help of NeXT computers; faculty who are creating innovative courseware; researchers who are drastically shortening the time it takes to develop complex simulations and models; and administrative staff who are not only increasing productivity but improving the quality of their work. We're pleased to share a sampling of the many extraordinary ways that NeXT users have accelerated the process of learning and discovery.

In A Reference Guide to NeXT in Higher Education you'll find a range of diverse institutions that use NeXT technology-Ivy League schools like Columbia and Princeton; engineering institutions, including the Colorado School of Mines and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; and liberal arts colleges, like Davidson College and Gettysburg College. You'll be introduced to faculty who are breaking new ground in a broad range of education and research disciplines with NeXT technology. There are faculty in mathematics, the sciences, and engineering-where NeXT has been embraced for teaching and research purposes since its inception-and faculty throughout the humanities and social sciences, including foreign language, economics, history, philosophy, art, and English. Administrators continue to identify NeXTSTEP as the only workstation environment with enough horsepower and friendliness to run an institution's business-and still keep in mind all levels of user proficiency.

In addition, where public and residential computing requires a versatile, general-purpose UNIX platform, many schools-like University of Maryland, University of Michigan, and Stanford University-have selected NeXT as the ideal machine.

On May 20, 1992 The Chronicle of Higher Education wrote, "Jake B. Suntheimer, a freshman [at Allegheny College, Meadville, Penn.] who expects to major in computer science and philosophy, says: `I came here just because of the NeXT machines. I'm already using what Apple and IBM are hoping to get out in three years. When I get out of here, I will have a jump on every other clod because I'm already using the type of computers that the rest of the computer industry will be building.'"

To prepare your campus for its current and future computing needs, please call 1-800-879-NeXT for information on NeXT technology and how to contact your local NeXT representative.