The College With Mandatory Fitness Tracking Devices

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Oral Roberts University is requiring its students to buy a Fitbit, which will log their day’s movement into a university database.

Published Jan. 11 2016 12:01AM EST

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And you thought your mandatory physical education class was bad. Oral Roberts University (ORU) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is requiring all incoming students to wear Fitbit fitness tracking devices, according to a press

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The College With Mandatory Fitness Tracking Devices

Oral Roberts University is requiring its students to buy a Fitbit, which will log their day’s movement into a university database.

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Samantha Allen