USA 50 Most Wired Universities RANKING; UNIVERSITY; SURVEY SCORE; NOTES&COMMENTS 1_Carnegie Mellon University 89.15 With access to campuswide wireless service, students at CMU areexperiencing the future of academic computing. 2_University of Delaware 88.88To obtain an e-mail address, students must prove they're "Networthy" bypassing an exam on responsible computing. 3_New Jersey Institute of Technology 88.11Each term, a surprising 20 percent of NJIT students take online courses. 4_Indiana University, Bloomington 88.08 A Web-based service, Oncourse, automatically generates a site for each class and a homepage for each student. 5_Dartmouth College 88.05Since 1991, Dartmouth has required incoming freshmen to own computers,and has provided e-mail to alums for years. 6_Massechusettes Inst. of Technology 87.32 MIT is collaborating with Bill Gates and company to conduct cutting-edgeesearch on new educational technologies. 7_Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 87.15 Cable TV feeds are available in every dorm room, so you'll never missanepisode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 8_University of Virginia 86.58 UVA's impressive list of alumns includes the CEOs of Yahoo!, Infoseek,CNET and Broadcast.com. 9_Washington State University 86.58At Paul Allen's alma mater, online gaming is actually encouraged onweekends as an alternative to drinking. 10_University of California, Los Angeles 86.48 Students have access to real-time online academic counseling and theworld's largest public-university Internet library. 11_State University of New York at Buffalo 86.48 SUNY Buffalo and Stanford University are partnering to develop theworld's first "bicoastal" classroom. 12_Penn State University, University Park 86.28 Penn State's distance-learning courses cover everything from ElectricalEngineering to Turfgrass Management. 13_University of Idaho 86.23 Geek life: All fraternities and sororities at UI are connected to theschool's 4Gbps network backbone. 14_Rochester Institute of Technology 86.05 Launched in 1979, RIT's distance-learning program is one of thecountry's most comprehensive, with 200 online courses. 15_Georgia Institute of Technology 85.57 High-tech collaborations with Zoo Atlanta, such as the Virtual GorillaExhibit, keep Georgia Tech ahead of the wired one. 16_Drexel University 85.55 Drexel claims that in 1983 it became the first university to requirestudents to own a personal computer. 17_Ball State University 85.24 All artwork on display at BSU's campus museum is catalogued online withdetailed documentation. 18_Florida State University 85.10 FSU sponsors a nationwide contest, the Online Scholar Challenge, inwhich students compete for a four-year free ride. 19_Wake Forest University 84.91 Nearly all classrooms have wheelchair-accessible desks with Ethernetconnections. 20_Iowa State University 84.77 A bug's life: View a live stream of the university's Insect Zoo via thepopular ZooCam [zoocam.ent.iastate.edu]. 21_University of Dayton 84.57 Each residence hall maintains a Web site where roommates can leaveprivate messages for one anothers. 22_North Carolina State University 84.46 The school's virtual library shelves more than 4,000 digitized books,with more titles to come. 23_Worcester Polytechnic Institute 84.14 A new, ultrawired campus center is expected to be completed by 2001. 24_George Mason University 83.88 GMU's Center for Computational Statistics uses virtual reality to letstudents walk through a human brain. 25_Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. 83.88 In 1991, Virginia Tech established the Blacksburg Village, a prototypecommunity network that spawned 14 local ISPs. 26_University of Pennsylvania 83.50 A Shakespeare Web class funded by the National Endowment for theHumanities puts the Bard's original texts. 27_Illinois Institute of Technology 83.46 Town-gown synergy: IIT provides full-service Net access to area highschools and community organizations. 28_University of Colorado at Boulder 82.60 UCB provides 160 low-income first-year students with free Dell and iMaccomputers. 29_New York University 82.45 In the heart of Silicon Alley, NYU's New Media Center trains dot-comdigital artists and entrepeneurs. 30_Seton Hall University 82.42 SHU boasts an award-winning network and the first private campuscellular network.

31_University of Missouri, Rolla 82.40 All lab computers are replaced every three years, ensuring that obsolete PCs don't overstay their welcome. 32_University of Cincinnati 82.36 When a printer or PC conks out, students can access a 24-hour help desk.

33_Kansas State University 82.06 Polotics not as usual: at KSU, students use the Web to vote in campuselections. 34_University of Missouri, Columbia 81.99 Free instructor-led courses in Web Page Authoring, Image Design andProgramming are available to all students. 35_Oregon State University 81.86 Braille printers, large-screen monitors, and special orientation areavailable for visually impaired students. 36_University of Texas at Austin 81.77 Last year, IT expenditures at the University of Texas topped a whopping$80 million. 37_Stevens Institute of Technology 81.77 A new intranet helps the faculty share information about such things asresearch, publications, and advising students. 38_Ohio State University 81.61 OSU's exemplary site offers info on everything from severe weatherupdates to road-construction alerts. 39_University of California, Santa Cruz 80.62 Visit UCSC's lush environs from home via the school's panoramic virtualtour. 40_University of Maryland, College Park 80.57 Surf park: Oddly, one of the school's computer labs is situated in acampus parking garage. 41_Northwestern University 80.38 NU is home to the esteemed International Center for Advanced InternetResearch, which develops cutting-edge network tech. 42_University of Miami 80.36 The Hurricanes' massive sports site lets fans interact with team coaches and tune in live broadcasts of games. 43_University of Scranton 80.06 Click through Scranton's interactive sheep-brain dissection guide[academic.scranton.edu/department/psych/sheep]. 44_University of Illinois at Chicago 79.98 Shy students can ask health-related questions anonymously at theschool's online Wellness Center. 45_University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 79.61 Students can study dorm room floor plans, investigate residence hallservices , and sign up for next year's housing online. 46_Indiana University- Purdue Univ. 79.57 IUPI's New Media Program is developing a 3-D interactive tour of Mayancity Chichen Itza. 47_Villanova University 79.44 Parents can access the campus newsletter, check out the commencementschedule, and find local lodging online. 48_James Madison University 79.20 JMU was one of the first universities to encourage Web-based courseregistration and scheduling. 49_University of Oregon 79.14 Conjugate verbs, listen to lessons in QuickTime, and do homework onlineat Oregon's Virtual Language Lab. 50_Rutgers University 79.02 A $100 million project will connect all residence halls and 260buildings on seven campuses. ---------------------------------------------------------- USA 50 Most Wired Universities 简写版 RANKING; UNIVERSITY; SURVEY SCORE 1_Carnegie Mellon University 89.15 2_University of Delaware 88.88 3_New Jersey Institute of Technology 88.11 4_Indiana University, Bloomington 88.08 5_Dartmouth College 88.05 6_Massechusettes Inst. of Technology 87.32 7_Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 87.15 8_University of Virginia 86.58 9_Washington State University 86.58 10_University of California, Los Angeles 86.48 11_State University of New York at Buffalo 86.48 12_Penn State University, University Park 86.28 13_University of Idaho 86.23 14_Rochester Institute of Technology 86.05 15_Georgia Institute of Technology 85.57 16_Drexel University 85.55 17_Ball State University 85.24 18_Florida State University 85.10 19_Wake Forest University 84.91 20_Iowa State University 84.77 21_University of Dayton 84.57 22_North Carolina State University 84.46 23_Worcester Polytechnic Institute 84.14 24_George Mason University 83.88 25_Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. 83.88 26_University of Pennsylvania 83.50 27_Illinois Institute of Technology 83.46 28_University of Colorado at Boulder 82.60 29_New York University 82.45 30_Seton Hall University 82.42 31_University of Missouri, Rolla 82.40 32_University of Cincinnati 82.36 33_Kansas State University 82.06 34_University of Missouri, Columbia 81.99 35_Oregon State University 81.86 36_University of Texas at Austin 81.77 37_Stevens Institute of Technology 81.77 38_Ohio State University 81.61 39_University of California, Santa Cruz 80.62 40_University of Maryland, College Park 80.57 41_Northwestern University 80.38 42_University of Miami 80.36 43_University of Scranton 80.06 44_University of Illinois at Chicago 79.98 45_University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 79.61 46_Indiana University- Purdue Univ. 79.57 47_Villanova University 79.44 48_James Madison University 79.20 49_University of Oregon 79.14 50_Rutgers University 79.02