David L. Smallen, Hamilton College's vice president for information technology, and Karen L. Leach, vice president for administration and finance, are leaders of a national study that indicates colleges' spending on information technology is growing faster than their spending in other categories. The researchers who gathered the data said the survey suggests a widening "digital divide" among American colleges. The data, presented in Indianapolis at the annual conference of Educause, are from the Cost of Supporting Technology Services (COSTS) project. COSTS is an annual survey of colleges' spending on information technology. Most of the institutions included in the survey are four-year institutions that do not offer doctorates.
