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Tennessee College Requires Students To Wear Fitbits, Walk 10,000 Steps Daily

Oral Roberts University in Tennessee now requires its 900 freshman to wear Fitbits, which report students' steps and heart rate information to a school computer. The school will eventually require all of its students to wear the devices. Students must average 10,000 steps each day and 150 minutes of intense activity per week, according to The Washington Post. Provost Kathaleen Reid-Martinez told the Post that the school -- which has a "whole person education" mission -- hasn't yet faced complaints about the mandate.

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1 comment about "Tennessee College Requires Students To Wear Fitbits, Walk 10,000 Steps Daily".
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  1. Hayes Stamper from Advertain, February 2, 2016 at 5:39 p.m.

    ORU is locate din Tulsa, OK not Tennessee. 

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