The shift from basics is not necessarily a new trend. Proper typing became a commonly used benchmark in schools as early as the late '90s, but by 2004, typing classes were already on their way out, ...

In another article published on April 4, 1980, Jenny Altshuler ’81 reported that Wesleyan’s eagerly-awaited DEC-20 computer had arrived on campus to replace the aging DEC-10 model used since 1971.