UDMessenger

Volume 12, Number 4, 2004


transmitting data...

100
students taking distance-learning courses (via videotape) in 1988

18,626
orders placed annually through UDMart, the University's award-winning online shopping system

50
percent of accepted applicants who pay their deposit online

3,518
students taking distance-learning courses (via UD Online) in 2003

27,000
hits per month on UDaily, the University's online newspaper

26
percent of prospective undergraduates who apply online for admission

3,558
housing applications submitted online in 2002-03 by new students (93%)

60
percent of graduate students who apply online for admission

20,000
subscribers to the UDaily e-mail service

4,302
housing applications submitted online in 2002-03 by returning students (97%)

100
percent of matriculated students who register online

40
courses in 2000 using the WebCT course-management software that allows online posting of such items as\ syllabi, class assignments, lecture notes and readings

98
percent of UD students own their own computers

45 million
bits of data per second when UD's Internet connection was at capacity at the start of this school year

20,000
bi-weekly employee time reports filed online in first 10 months of use

5,100
work-study time reports filed online in 10 months

6,000
full-text electronic journals available from the UD Library

358
courses in 2002 using WebCT

1billion
bits of data per second that now is possible through the University's leasing a dark-fiber connection to Philadelphia

6,420
parking permits handled this year through UD ePark

46 million
hits on the library web site during the 2002-03 school year