Cost-effective Purchasing Program Offers Students Cutting-edge Technology
INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Oct 29, 2001--Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HWP) today launched a program designed to provide college students with notebook PCs and campuses with a reliable technology infrastructure. The new program, called HP Campus Advantage, helps colleges and universities create an enhanced learning environment by making it simple and cost-effective to provide students with their own notebook PCs.
Increasingly, the technology infrastructure of a campus can be an important factor in helping a student choose which school to attend. By extending that infrastructure to each student through the HP Campus Advantage program, schools can improve their competitive position while providing a standardized technology base throughout the campus.
The HP Campus Advantage program pulls together the components schools need to execute a student notebook PC program: consultation, high-quality notebook PCs, preferred call center support and flexible leasing and financing options. Also, HP will be inviting a number of schools that participate in the program to attend the Annual Laptop Symposium to be held on Jan. 11, 2002, at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. The symposium helps schools drive creative uses for their technology.
''Using the HP Campus Advantage program, colleges will no longer have to send their students to a lab to do schoolwork,'' said Gregg Peters, national education business manager, HP Public Sector Organization. ''When integrated into the learning environment, the tools this program offers will help students become active classroom participants in a collaborative learning process -- able to instantly share research from the Internet with their workgroup.''
Albertson College of Idaho teamed with HP to launch a similar initiative this fall. The private, liberal arts college provided each freshman with an HP notebook PC and wireless card, enabling students to use their computers anywhere on campus.
''While there are certainly many factors involved in choosing an institution of higher learning, we are finding that our investment in technology is an advantage,'' said Kevin Learned, president of Albertson College of Idaho. ''The ability for students to have instant access to the tools and information they need -- whether in their dorm rooms, in class or on the lawn -- is a very appealing prospect.''
More information about the HP Campus Advantage program is available at www.hp.com/go/campusadvantage.
About HP
Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services -- is focused on making technology and its benefits accessible to all. HP had total revenue from continuing operations of $48.8 billion in its 2000 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.
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