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IT Initiative Fee Benefits

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The College of Business at Minnesota State Mankato distinguishes itself by providing an excellent infrastructure for student learning.   Students have laptops with 24/7 access to the very best online information sources.  The $125 program fee makes it possible for the COB to be a preferred college of business in the upper midwest.  What is supported by the fee?  The fee covers software site licenses for SPSS, Microsoft products, Mergent Online, Compustat, CRSP, Euromonitor, ABI Inform, & Business Source Premier, Wall Street Journal online access, Demographicsnow.com online access, Business Week online, access to COB printers with increased printing, 50 laptop loaners for students whose laptops need repair work, and classroom support.  In addition,  premium on-campus technical support offers students an outstanding package of on-campus convenient hardware and software support.

  

Each year the COB Technical Advisory Committee meets with the Minnesota State University, Mankato Student Senate to share information about the IT Initiative.  You can find the presentations here MSSA Presentations.

 

Below are links to some benefits provided through the IT Initiative fee.

COB Digital Resources Financial data and insightful company reports, performance graphs and documents 80 different compensation, executive, director, and company related items; 35 measures of company financial performance taken from the COMPUSTAT database; and more. Citations, abstracts, and selected full text to articles about all aspects of business Provides citations, abstracts, and selected full text to articles, company reports, industry reports, market research reports, and country reports about all aspects of business Full text market research reports on international markets Full text company data on 10,000 U.S. public companies The Wall Street Journal is a tremendous resource for business students to keep up with the real world events related to finance, business, corporate world, and national and international business trends. Analyze any number of demographic variables and trends through reports, maps and charts for more informed and quicker decision making. COB Students have access to Business Week. Click to find out more... The SRDS database of media rates and information is the largest and most comprehensive in the world—cataloging more than 100,000 U.S. and international media properties. Provides access to federal, state, and local tax codes, regulations, cases, rulings, and other materials.