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Tuesday, June 04, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/06/2002060402t.htm Technology Gap Among Colleges Perpetuates 'Digital Divide' in Society, Expert Warns JEFFREY R. YOUNG The "digital divide" in American society is getting worse, not better, and it is being perpetuated in part by a technology gap between elite and minority-serving colleges, says Larry Irving, a technology consultant who is a former U.S. assistant secretary of commerce. Mr. Irving helped prepare the 1995 research report for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration that first sparked widespread public debate about the digital divide -- the disparity in access to electronic resources by whites and minority groups -- and he remains outspoken about the need to develop more public programs to bring technology access to minority communities....
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