I just read this article about the University of Nevada cutting its free campus email... It left me wondering about the implications of such a decision. The University estimated that only about 20% of students actually used their campus email, so I can understand that it would seem like a good place to cut costs... The problem I see is that it is already so difficult to keep in touch with students, I am worried about closing down that line of communication. If there is no campus email system it is crucial for the school to keep up to date email addresses for all of the students. That sounds like alot of work to me! I also have to be a little selfish and think as a researcher... if everyone goes this route, what will happen to my online survey response rates???

--Meredith