[LINK] Internet2 project will broaden access

[Tony Barry]

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Source: Edupage, March 2, 2001

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INTERNET2 PROJECT WILL BROADEN ACCESS
Internet2, a project that involves some 180 research universities
that together pay more than $80 million each year to belong to and
receive upgrades to the high-speed network, is now reaching out
to community colleges and even secondary schools. At the
"Innovations" conference for the League for Innovation in the
Community College, Steve Rappaport, the Internet2 director of
network initiatives, said the project will seek "creative ways"
to bring access to the high-speed network to institutions that
lack the resources of the large research universities. "The
practical applications for community colleges are enormous in
many respects," Rappaport told conference attendees, noting that
he believed that research universities can also benefit from the
experiences of community colleges. The reaction among community
college officials was largely positive, with several intrigued by
the possible benefits Internet2 could bring to teacher education
and distance education. Rappaport also mentioned that several
states would like to attach their networks, which often
incorporate higher-education institutions and public schools as
well as government organizations, to Internet2.
(Chronicle of Higher Education Online, 2 March 2001)
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