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The Latest in Broadband Internet Access

The Latest in Broadband Internet AccessAs the Web becomes ever more laden with graphics, sound, animation and video, the need for speed grows ever greater.If you use the Web only occasionally, you probably don’t need a high-speed modem. But if you regularly use it for research or entertainment, you’ll count your lucky megabits the day […]

August 1, 2001

International

Groups Form International Foundation

Groups Form International FoundationTo Bridge Digital DivideWASHINGTONThe U.S.-based Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and Belgium-based Internews organizations last month announced the launch of the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI). The GIPI is a foundation established to assist developing countries on enacting policies that narrow the digital divide. Jim Dempsey, CDT’s director of technology, told […]

August 1, 2001

International

Reconfigured Devices to Narrow International Digital Divide

Reconfigured Devices to Narrow International Digital DivideSALZBURG, AustriaIn a bold use of technology to narrow the digital divide, business leaders in the World Economic Forum (WEF) have begun working on a plan to distribute at least 100,000 high-capacity computer game consoles equipped with satellite links to schools and in homes in Third World nations. “With […]

August 1, 2001

International

International IT Assistance Takes Form

International IT Assistance Takes Form In Content Transfer Debate Continues Over Whether Poor Countries Should Worry Less About IT, More About Basic NeedsWhether international organizations and Western institutions can help poor nations use advanced information technology tools, such as the Internet, for economic and social development is a question that’s getting serious discussion in the […]

August 1, 2001

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Reports Show Broadband Internet Access Increasing

Reports Show Broadband Internet Access IncreasingNEW YORKRecent surveys on broadband Internet access show patterns of robust use and high demand by American consumers. Arbitron Inc. and the Coleman organization conducted a study that shows nearly one-third, or 31 percent, of Americans have high-speed access to the Internet. Of people with high-speed Internet access, 59 percent […]

July 18, 2001

Latinx

Big-Time Computing for Minority-Serving Institutions

Big-Time Computing for Minority-Serving InstitutionsWhile many colleges and universities, including minority-serving institutions, have worked diligently to avoid being permanently designated as  “have nots” in the digital divide, the pace of information technology innovation continues to keep virtually all American higher education institutions in a scramble to stay current on the latest advances.   Nonetheless, historically Black […]

July 18, 2001

Faculty & Staff

A Program with Potential

A Program with PotentialUniversity of Louisville program addresses the needs of the African American community, while simultaneously supporting the school’s academic missionThe University of Louisville in Kentucky believes it has found a way to tackle issues affecting African Americans in a way that benefits both the university and the community. The university announced earlier this […]

July 4, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Sounding the Alarm on Electronic Discrimination

Sounding the Alarm on Electronic DiscriminationTo Dr. Oscar H. Gandy Jr., putting computers and Internet access into the hands of disadvantaged minority and poor Americans falls short of addressing what he defines as one barely recognized version of the digital divide in the United States. Gandy, the Herbert I. Schiller professor in the Annenberg School […]

May 23, 2001

Latinx

New Legislation May Help Minority-Serving Institutions

New Legislation May Help Minority-Serving Institutions Address the Digital DivideNew legislation co-sponsored by a Congressional Black Caucus member and a Southern senator may help minority-serving institutions address the digital divide.Legislation from Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., a CBC member, and Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., would help historically Black colleges and universities address access and Internet connection […]

May 23, 2001

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Public Voice Releases Report on Digital Divide

Public Voice Releases Report on Digital DivideWASHINGTONThe Public Voice, a project of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington that facilitates public participation in the development of international Internet policy, has submitted a report to the Digital Opportunities Task Force, a G-8 digital divide initiative. The report, known as The Public Voice and the […]

April 25, 2001

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Huston-Tillotson College Partners with Texas Railroad Commission to Bridge Digital Divide

Huston-Tillotson College Partners with Texas Railroad Commission to Bridge Digital DivideAUSTIN, TexasThe president of historically Black Huston-Tillotson College and the chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission have announced an initiative to deploy digital network technologies to train and employ low-income residents of East Austin. The initiative is known as “Digital Connections: A Railroad Commission/Huston-Tillotson College […]

April 25, 2001

Community Colleges

Digital Divide Panel Urges Focus on Technology’s Impact

Digital Divide Panel Urges Focus on Technology’s ImpactONTARIO, Calif.The effort to solve digital divide issues is forcing the higher education establishment and local communities to re-examine the culture of their schools and quality education as a priority, expert panelists concluded at the TechEd01 conference here. “We’re moving away from worrying about building the infrastructure. (The […]

April 25, 2001