About $3,000$ full$-$time undergraduate students and about $1,000$ graduate students attend Fairfield University, a private liberal

arts college. The College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business, and the School of Nursing each have a portion of

the undergraduate students. The Graduate School of Education, the School of Business, and the School of Nursing all have

graduate students. The School of Continuing Education and the BEI School of Engineering both have part$-$time students.

Fairfield University confronts numerous difficulties, much like many other private schools of higher learning. These issues

are brought on by the decreasing number of students in college$-$age populations and the rising costs of administering the

institution. The aforementioned claim will be supported by the literature. but offer little solace to the institution. The rising

expense of information technology is one of the issues that worries college administrators the most. Reduced spending on

information technology is not advisable due to the ongoing requirement to raise personnel wages. In$-$depth discussions this

researcher had with deans and managers revealed that some of Fairfield University's rival institutions are actually making

just as much progress in this area as they are. Therefore, the institution would be at a competitive disadvantage if its efforts

to stay current in technology matters were to be interrupted.

The administrative and financial challenge is found there. When sales are falling, the cost of information technology must

be maintained. A university's information technology program covers a wide range of technologies that weren't previously

thought to fall under its jurisdiction. However, the technologies in communications, library services, and video services have

been convergent at a persistent and even accelerated rate. The current study will concentrate on instructional and research

computing because it is only interested in information technology's impact on academic computing.

Question $1$

"Fairfield University confronts numerous difficulties, much like many other private schools of higher learning. These issues

are brought on by the decreasing number of students in college$-$age populations and the rising costs of administering the

institution." List and explain the difference between the First $(1$st$)$ Third $(3$rd$)$ and Fourth $(4$th$)$ Generation of Digital

Computing.ting.