Trends

Peter Schilling, head of the IT department at Amherst College in Massachusetts gathered the following data about the students who attend his college:
* only 0.3% have landline phones (compared to 82% of Americans)
* Half of the freshman own an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch
* In contrast to upper classmen, first- and second- year students were more likely to own a Mac than a PC
*89% of the incoming class applied online vs. 33% in 2003
*94% of email on campus is spam
*99% of freshman joined Facebook before hitting campus

Green, H. (2008). Campus Electronicus. Businessweek, October 27, 2008, 18.