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Microsoft Chairman Addresses Rainbow Coalition Conference on Technology Diversity

Microsoft Chairman Addresses Rainbow Coalition Conference on Technology Diversity

May 22, 2002

University of Maryland-Based Trio Program

University of Maryland-Based Trio Program Tackles Digital DivideCollege Park, Md. Traditionally, programs falling under the TRIO umbrella of federally funded college prep initiatives for disadvantaged students have not been known to focus on the digital divide. Nevertheless, an initiative based at the University of Maryland at College Park titled ProjectLINKS may signal a new day for […]

May 8, 2002

New Legislation May Aid Minority-Serving Institutions

New Legislation May Aid Minority-Serving InstitutionsNew federal legislation to help implement technology at minority-serving institutions may have a major positive effect for Black colleges and Hispanic-serving colleges and universities, witnesses told a Senate panel.In a congressional hearing originally scheduled for last fall but delayed following the attacks of Sept. 11, HBCU and HSI leaders said […]

April 24, 2002

Report Says Global Digital Divide Growing

Report Says Global Digital Divide Growing GENEVAEven though telecommunication penetration has risen sharply in developing nations, the global digital divide is getting wider, according to the main conclusion of the 2002 World Telecommunication Development Report. The report, which is sponsored by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), contends that the general levels of telephone service are […]

April 10, 2002

UNCF Technology Campaign Raises $90 Million

UNCF Technology Campaign Raises $90 MillionFAIRFAX, Va.The campaign by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) to raise funds, equipment and services to help its member schools bridge the “digital divide” has recently surpassed the $90 million mark, according to UNCF officials. The campaign, launched just over a year ago with a goal of $80 million, […]

April 10, 2002

Baltimore Turns to DuBois Institute For Digital Divide Program

Baltimore Turns to DuBois Institute For Digital Divide ProgramBALTIMORELess than two years after officials launched an after school computer academy in Boston in partnership with Harvard University’s W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro American Research, Baltimore officials have opened the first of three computer academies, expanding the Harvard-affiliated initiative to the inner city of predominantly Black […]

April 10, 2002

Senate Hearing Held on Technology Aid For Minority-Serving Institutions

Senate Hearing Held on Technology Aid For Minority-Serving InstitutionsWASHINGTONSeveral educators and policy-makers testified before a U.S. Senate committee last month on the need for proposed legislation that seeks to provide $250 million in grants to minority-serving institutions to help them bridge the “digital divide in higher education.”Originally introduced in February 2001, the NTIA Digital Network […]

March 27, 2002

Broadband Surpasses Dial-Up in First Time Internet Access

Broadband Surpasses Dial-Up in First Time Internet Access NEW YORKMore Americans signing up for first-time Internet access used broadband service in January than dial-up and other narrowband services, a first, according to the Nielsen/Net Ratings. This development is considered a milestone event as research continues to show that the Internet is becoming a more integral […]

March 27, 2002

Tanzanian Students Get Certified in Networking Technology

Tanzanian Students Get Certified in Networking TechnologyDAR ES SALAAM, TanzaniaLast month, 38 Tanzanian students graduated from an information and communications technology (ICT) course in Dar es Salaam that awarded each of them a Cisco Certified Network Associates certificate. The certificates are the same as the ones awarded to students at American colleges, universities, high schools […]

March 27, 2002

Hampton University to Hold Second Annual Technology Conference

Hampton University to Hold Second Annual Technology ConferenceHAMPTON, Va.This April, Hampton University is holding a technology conference to highlight cyber security issues and to showcase ways that schools can obtain federal funding in technology, according to university officials. The conference, which will take place at the school’s campus in Hampton, Va., is scheduled April3-5. The […]

March 13, 2002

Penn Team to Help Build Ghana’s IT Infrastructure

Penn Team to Help Build Ghana’s IT Infrastructure PHILADELPHIAEngineering students and faculty at the University of Pennsylvania and an African university have received a donation of Hewlett-Packard equipment and services valued at $1.12 million to establish a high-speed information and communication infrastructure in Ghana. The initiative is believed to be the most extensive international digital […]

March 13, 2002

Bush Budget Proposes Cutting Digital Access Programs

Bush Budget Proposes Cutting Digital Access ProgramsWASHINGTONThe federal budget proposal for 2003 unveiled in early February by the Bush administration would eliminate funding for the Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) and for the community technology centers program, two initiatives that have helped low-income, rural and other disadvantaged groups gain access to digital technology. The prospect of […]

February 27, 2002

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