Clayton College & State University is trying to reduce the bane of students' existence — standing in line for registration.

As the University System of Georgia's technological college and baccalaureate university, CCSU is taking the high-tech approach to reducing in-line time by providing more services to students on-line.

Among the student-friendly initiatives being undertaken for the fall semester are on-line registration, paying tuition and fees through the Internet, on-line financial aid and scholarship procedures, and ordering books on-line.

Students will be able to complete their registration for classes each semester by accessing the Digital University Campus Kiosk (DUCK... http://duck.clayton.edu) on the CCSU web page and using a personal access personal identification number to select classes in a secure environment.

Through a program still under development, students will be able to pay tuition and fees on-line. After students complete on-line registration, they will be able to request the amount owed and pay on-line. Fees may be paid by Visa, MasterCard and American Express. Implementation of this program is scheduled for July 12.

After registration, students will be able to find out how much financial aid they have been awarded and how much they owe CCSU through http://duck.clayton.edu. Financial aid will be adjusted based on the number of hours that remain at the end of the drop/add period and students will not have to go to the bursar's Office if they do not owe a balance.

In August, the CCSU Campus Store will introduce a new web site that will provide students with up-to-date textbook information, a catalog of CCSU merchandise and the ability to place orders for books and merchandise on-line.

Clayton College & State University, a member institution of the University System of Georgia and the third public University in the nation to equip all of its students and faculty with notebook computers, is in Morrow in south metro Atlanta.