No, I meant that it's not all grant money -- according to Duke News: "Duke is paying for the project with strategic planning funds that it has set aside for one-time innovative technology purposes. The total cost of the project is expected to reach $500,000 or more, which includes hiring an academic computing specialist for the project, grant funding for faculty, associated research costs and the purchase of the iPods." This implies at least a good portion of the money could have gone to at least a different 'one-time innovative technology' purpose.
That's misleading -- the iPods were given out (and will be maintained) using $400,000 of accumulated savings by Duke, savings which (1) would have otherwise gone to other school improvements and (2) presumably came from tuition -- though admittedly not all from the tuition of current students.
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No, I meant that it's not all grant money -- according to Duke News: "Duke is paying for the project with strategic planning funds that it has set aside for one-time innovative technology purposes. The total cost of the project is expected to reach $500,000 or more, which includes hiring an academic computing specialist for the project, grant funding for faculty, associated research costs and the purchase of the iPods." This implies at least a good portion of the money could have gone to at least a different 'one-time innovative technology' purpose.
That's misleading -- the iPods were given out (and will be maintained) using $400,000 of accumulated savings by Duke, savings which (1) would have otherwise gone to other school improvements and (2) presumably came from tuition -- though admittedly not all from the tuition of current students.