The problem with schools requiring students to wear fitness trackers

Oral Roberts University, a Christian school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced in early January that all its first-year students must wear Fitbits, a fitness tracker that monitors a person's physical activity

The program is open to all students, but mandatory for any freshmen or transfer students.

Provost and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Kathaleen Reid-Martinez spoke with Mashable about the plan. While the concept is nothing new for the school, the integration of technology is.

Oral Roberts was founded 50 years ago and has maintained a "Whole Person" philosophy of education, which means education of the body, mind and spirit. Every on-campus student at ORU is required to take Health and Physical Education (HPE) courses every semester Read more...