“ Every single day is different, and that has a lot to do with how quickly things are moving”

Sandra Perez, Senior Director of Academic Initiatives & Human Resources, University of Lynchburg

The university wants to give students the tools they need from a modern education right from the first day. Lynchburg’ s eLevate programme, which launches next autumn, will see every new freshman receive a MacBook Air. After four years, the entire student body will have standardised devices.“ Our students will actually be graded on what they can do, not the technology that they have,” Charley says.

Resistance to change – and how to overcome it Although the benefits of new technology are already beginning

294 December 2025