Dive Brief:
- As digital devices become increasingly critical for student and faculty productivity, additional technical support can come from outside companies.
- Staymobile partners with Georgia Southern University’s The Tech Corner, as well as a number of other K-12 districts, offering on-site repair services for the range of digital devices.
- At Georgia Southern, Staymobile’s home base is the campus bookstore, where factory-trained technicians stock common repair parts and can generally get students or faculty members back to work within a couple hours.
Dive Insight:
Allowing an outside company to rent space in the campus bookstore provides an alternative revenue stream for colleges wondering what to do as students turn away from traditional textbooks in favor of cheaper options. Even when colleges decide they have enough internal capacity, moving IT help desks from back rooms to more prominent locations is often a good idea. Northern Kentucky University has created a help space modeled after an Apple store for its popularity and familiarity to students. These repair stations open up employment opportunities for students as well as helping meet the demand for tech fixes.