Blogging on Campus
Brock Read reports on the success of a LiveJournal weblog Davidson College employed to give new students a forum and resource to help prepare them for life on a college campus in this Chronicle of Higher Education article.
“Administrators say the sites constitute an important new trend: Students who grow up using the Web as a social tool can now ask their peers, instead of college officials, for counseling on the process of preparing for college. The colleges aren’t about to get rid of their orientation sessions, but officials say freshmen who use the Internet for college planning may become more self-reliant students.”
Upperclass students and others also participate in the community.
