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Kentucky State University to Gift Laptops to Incoming Freshmen

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Starting this fall, each freshman at Kentucky State University will receive a new laptop computer for an increasingly hassle-free college experience, the school said in a release.

As a part of its new campus-wide Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), which prepares graduates to enter a technology-dominated workforce, every student will receive a free Dell Latitude laptop which will include Windows 10 OS, Microsoft Office, anti-virus protection and technology assistance from Dell and Kentucky State’s information technology office.

The initiative was taken after faculty members observed rampant student use of cell phones to retrieve assignments and digital information resources instead of laptops.

“Providing first-time, full-time students with technology is a proven comprehensive approach toward increasing student academic achievement and improving faculty-student relationships. Additionally, the pervasive use of digital tools in K-12 settings must be continued at the collegiate level in order to cement technological proficiency and millennial problem-solving expectations,” President M. Christopher Brown II said in a statement. “Our laptop initiative is one of several interventions being employed to accelerate academic outcomes at Kentucky State.”

Students will be responsible for the safeguarding of the laptops. Those who graduate with no financial obligations will receive a title transfer of ownership to the laptop.

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