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                    The Regional Campuses have made a significant move during
     the past few years from a minicomputer-based to a largely networked   
     PC-based academic computing environment.  While every campus has had
     a VAX/7XX minicomputer for instruction and/or connectivity with the
     Kent Campus, most campuses today are removing them or discussing a
     target date for removal.  Networking of microcomputers at all Regional
     Campuses has been accomplished exclusively with Novell Netware 3X
     software on 386 or 486 servers, using ethernet protocol run on coaxial
     cable or 10-baseT on twisted-pair.  Where multiple buildings are involved,
     fiber optic cable is installed.  The microcomputer of choice has
     overwhelmingly been the IBM compatible.  Macintosh or Apple
     computers are limited to some science and art areas.  Access by dedicated
     telephone line to the Kent Campus IBM mainframe has received minimal
     use for instructional purposes.  However, it is increasingly being used by
     students and faculty for electronic mail and Internet communication.
               
           The general plan at many Regional Campuses is to purchase new
     microcomputers for student labs and provide faculty with the older
     computers for office use.  Student labs are typically available from 8:00
     a.m. or 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. or 10:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday,
     with Friday hours until 5:00 p.m.  Five out of the seven Regional
     Campuses have Saturday hours but no campus has Sunday lab hours.
     More and more dependence is being placed on microcomputer software. 
     The software of choice at the Regional Campuses includes WordPerfect,
     Lotus 1-2-3, dBase III+ and IV, Borland programming products,
     AutoCAD, PageMaker, and Harvard Graphics.  Six out of the seven
     Regional Campuses participate in a Borland site license that includes all
     Borland products.
               
          Most Regional Campuses look to the Kent Campus for many
     services including connectivity to library catalogs, data bases, and Internet
     resources.  It is important that Regional Campuses provide the advantages
     of both a small campus environment and the resources of a major
     university.
                    
            Ashtabula.  Almost all of the faculty at Ashtabula have computers
     in their offices.  They still use a VAX 11/750, but it plays an increasingly
     smaller role.  They have four computer labs with day and evening access
     and Saturday access until 4:00 p.m.  Not all of the labs are networked.
               
             East Liverpool.  Only a few of the faculty have computers in their
      offices, but there is a faculty computer lab.  Faculty still use the VAX
      11/750.  East Liverpool has four student labs in addition to the faculty lab,
     and all labs are networked. Students can gain access daily and some
     Saturday hours are provided.
               
            Geauga.  The ten faculty on this campus all have computers in their
     offices.  They no longer use the VAX 11/750.  All faculty computers and
     all computers in the student lab are networked.  Access is daily with some
     Saturday hours.
               
             Salem.  Very few faculty have computers in their offices at this
     campus and there is presently no networking of student computers.  Up to
     three computer laboratories are planned or under development and will
     become operational by August 1994.  They still make some use of their
     VAX 11/750.   Access to labs is daily but there are no Saturday hours.
               
           Stark.  Over half of the fifty-five faculty at the Stark Campus have
     computers in their offices.  The VAX 11/780 is still used for teaching
     programming languages and communications.  There are five student labs
     and all are networked.  Many faculty office computers will soon be
     networked.  This campus has daily lab access but no Saturday hours.
               
            Trumbull.  Essentially all faculty at Trumbull have networked
     office computers.  The six computer labs are all networked.  There are
     daily lab hours with some Saturday hours provided.  There are over 200
     microcomputers at this campus.  Trumbull has maintained the largest
     VAX 11/780 minicomputer system but it too is scheduled to be removed
     from service.
               
                 Tuscarawas.  Approximately half of the faculty at the
     Tuscarawas Campus have computers in their offices.  The VAX 11/730
     has been permanently removed from service.  There is one general
     computer lab on campus accessible daily and some Saturday hours are
     provided.