Some colleges are ditching landlines in dormitories in favor of mandatory cellphones in a bid to keep in contact with their students, and to charge their students for communications. Plus, if a college is going to give a cellphone it may as well include specific content and services, ranging from simple logo wallpapers to the more comprehensive offerings.
“Students can use the phones to get real-time alerts and information from the university, check class assignments, learn about specials at campus restaurants, or track the location of school shuttle buses through Global Positioning System technology. GPS also enables the tracking feature that initially worried some students. Students can activate this “Guardian” service, launched earlier this year, if they ever feel threatened on campus.”
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