在第九任校长远见卓识的推动下， Dr. 迪恩·哈伯德计算机服务主任. 乔恩·里克曼, Northwest flipped the switch on its “Electronic Campus” in 1987 and became the first public institution in the nation with networked computers in each residence hall room and faculty office. Northwest began to embed computer infrastructure in its academic landscape years earlier when it acquired, 在1977-1978学年, a computer to function as a server with multiple terminal access that make 计算 available to students and faculty beyond the departments of mathematics and computer science – but the Electronic Campus placed the University at the forefront and generated national attention.
十年后，随着互联网的出现, 网上赌博网站十大排行升级了其网络以支持学生, faculty and staff use of multimedia and web-based applications while further enhancing learning at the University. In 1999, the University also established its Center for Information Technology in Education, 或引用, with state-provided mission enhancement funding to support the instructional technology needs and launched 西北在线 as a platform to offer online coursework.
随后, Northwest formed a partnership with the 科罗拉多州 Community College System that allowed students to transfer from a community college and complete bachelor’s degrees in business through 西北在线. 2001年12月, 斯特林的克里斯蒂娜·帕斯夸, 科罗拉多州, 成为第一个通过西北在线获得学位的学生, 攻读工商管理学士学位.
随着科技的进步，西北地区也在进步. In 2005, 西北航空公司开始提供全容量的笔记本电脑, 技术支持, 致所有在校生. 与大学的教科书租赁计划捆绑在一起, which provides undergraduate students with all of their primary textbooks at the start of each semester, it saves students thousands of dollars during the course of a four-year academic career compared to their peers at other universities.
