One indicator of the degree of campus technological sophistication is the extent to which faculty have and use technology.

Most campuses have information as to the percentage of faculty who have computers on their desks, and the percentage of those that are connected to the network. Increasingly these percentages match, as the value of a non-networked computer is highly questionable. However, this may not always be the case, and you should ask if the campus has data on how "networked" the faculty are and how actively they use the technology in their own work and in teaching.

On a national basis, according to the 1999 Campus Computing Survey, 93.2 percent of all faculty are connected to the campus network and have Internet access.

Related questions to ask are:

• How networked are the campus buildings, the dormitories, the classrooms, and lecture halls?
• Are there active network connections available for students to hook up laptops on the main campus, away from the dorms? If this availability is uneven, is this associated with any particular disciplines or areas of study, for example, is the technology heavily used in the sciences and less in the humanities?