Technology Fee

This mandatory fee was instituted by the State System Board of Governors in the fall of 2002 and is used to enhance student access to the latest technology in the classroom and to prepare students for a technology-driven world.  The purposes of the technology tuition fee are: (1) to acquire, install, and maintain up-to-date and emerging technologies to enhance student-learning outcomes; (2) to provide equitable access to technology resources; and (3) to ensure, ultimately, that ESU graduates are competitive in the technologically sophisticated workplace.  All hardware, software, databases, and other capital equipment procured with these revenues are to support student learning experiences such as smart classrooms, computer labs, technology-intensive scientific equipment, content management software, electronic media, library databases, distance learning hardware/software, web-course development cost, curriculum development costs for technology-based courses, student learning assessment, online student academic support services and security solutions to protect student and institutional data.