Miles College Bridging Digital Divide with Help from Apple

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Miles College Bridging Digital Divide with Help from Apple

miles.edu Miles College is launching its “Mobile Life” Student Success initiative to create a more innovative co-curricular learning and teaching environment for its students and faculty. As a part of that initiative, the College will provide all full-time students enrolled during the Spring 2022 academic semester with iPad Pro, Apple Magic Keyboard, Apple Pencil, and […]

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