Wheaton ranks among the ''most wired'' colleges in the country
April 14, 2000
''Yahoo! Internet Life'' magazine gave Wheaton College high marks in its fourth annual ranking of the nation's 100 ''most wired'' colleges. Wheaton placed 13 in the magazine's highly visible survey. The magazine is scheduled to release the full ranking on the web (http://www.wiredcolleges.com) on Tuesday, April 18.
Wheaton is one of five Massachusetts colleges to be ranked among Yahoo's top 20. The others: Williams, Smith, Wellesley and Mount Holyoke colleges.
While the editors of ''Yahoo! Internet Life'' will not disclose their methodology for the survey, the magazine's story on the ranking says that its formula is broad-based and that ''only institutions exhibiting a healthy balance of wired services scored well in the ranking.''
Among the factors the magazine examines in its survey are whether a campus is fully networked, whether students can register for classes and apply for admission online and the resources invested in technology.
Wheaton has been extremely active in its efforts to integrate the use of information technology in every facet of the college, from administration to academics. In recent years, the college's professors have won more than $1.7 million in grants from private foundations for pilot projects that explore promising ways of using technology to enhance students' learning experiences.