Although a few small, private colleges have rushed to adopt the iPad — pledging them to incoming students before they were even in stores — several big universities have delayed adopting them for at least a few semesters.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Princeton, Cornell and George Washington universities have deferred admission of the iPad for students.
Princeton and George Washington decided to wait over security issues; Cornell is concerned over connectivity and bandwidth.
All note, however, that the iPad may have a better chance getting into college next spring.
But the WSJ speculates the delay “could be a blow to Apple, which has gone after the higher education market by highlighting the iPad’s portability and availability of e-books… Some higher education insiders also worry there isn’t enough educational content available via the iBookstore application to eliminate expensive physical textbooks.”
Via WSJ
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