The Chronicle of Higher Education

Laptops Change How Students Work but Do Not Improve Their Performance, Study Finds

To the hundreds of colleges that require students to buy or lease laptops, it may seem like a no-brainer: Supply a student with a portable computer, and surely he or she will reap some educational ...
Computerworld

Study: Astounding number of laptops lost in airports

Keep laptops close at airports, because they have a startling tendency to disappear in the blink of an eye, according to a new survey. Some of the largest and midsize U.S. airports report close to 637 ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Students Prefer Smartphones and Laptops to Tablets, Study Finds

When tablets appeared on the market, there were expectations that they would be laptop computers’ greatest competition. That has not turned out to be true at Ball State University, where students see ...
The Daily Free Press

Laptops’ average lifespan less than four years, study finds

One in three laptops fail over three years, with Asus, Toshiba and Apple outranking lowest scoring Hewlett-Packard, according to a study. The Nov. 16 study by SquareTrade Warranties, prepared by ...
Mainebiz

Study: Laptop program works

The state’s laptop program has improved eighth graders’ writing skills, according to a study released Tuesday by the University of Southern Maine. The study from the Maine Education Policy Research ...
Reuters

Poor kids with laptops read less, do more chores in Peru -study

LIMA, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Poor kids in the developing world given laptops to help them make big educational leaps may wind up doing more household chores and reading less than children without the ...