A colleague brought to my attention a deal where the University of Southern California has agreed a deal with Google for Google Apps for Education to be installed in an ad-free environment. See:- http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/14700.html.
"“Google Apps at USC is about more than e-mail,” Rhimes said. “The current generation of students study, network and socialize online. They want the freedom to work from multiple locations – including from different computers and mobile devices. Google Apps at USC offers them the flexibility that they want and need.
Because Google Apps at USC provides Web-based word processing, spreadsheet, calendar and chat programs, students can do their work anywhere they have Web access without worrying about downloading software or software compatibility. "
It is interesting to note that this is reserved just for students and not available to staff (how does it interoperate with the staff groupware provision?), and that it is ad-free.
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I am surprised that they make the distinction between staff and students; many students do teaching, and go on to become staff in due course. In a few years time, the current generation of doctoral students who have based their lives around Google Apps will be annoyed to have to switch to a different system.
I wonder if they actually stop staff using the local Google Apps?
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