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Friday, February 07, 2003
Internet2 Is Too Expensive for Many Liberal-Arts Colleges - FLORENCE OLSEN, the Chronicle
Internet2, the high-speed education and research network that now links more than 200 research universities, has had little impact so far on education and research at liberal-arts colleges. But the National Science Foundation has taken steps to involve those colleges by expanding its $2-million High-Performance Network Connections grant program. This spring, the NSF is encouraging small colleges to propose programs that use advanced networks for teaching computer-science and other scientific disciplines. However, the NSF's new emphasis on small colleges may not be enough to get them involved in Internet2. Many of them lack the budgets to cover Internet2 connection charges when the two-year NSF grants end.
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