When Rachel Hanson needs to check the bus schedule, grades or dining hall menu, the sophomore at Montclair State University in Montclair, N.J., reaches for her cellphone. And when Maria Emerson needs to find washing machines for four loads of laundry, the junior at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh heads for her laptop.They are among a generation of college students that is increasingly reliant on new technologies and Internet services to stay socially and academically connected. And from late-night snacks to listening to lectures, colleges and universities are modernizing to make a student’s every need available online.
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