September 3, 1999

Academic-Technology Consortium Continues Push to Take Charge of '.edu' Domain

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Academics want to police their own portion of cyberspace.

So says the academic-technology consortium EDUCAUSE, which is continuing its effort to take over administration of Internet addresses ending in ".edu." At stake is who has the right to use the ".edu" extension.

Under the current rules, only "four-year, degree-granting colleges and universities" can register for ".edu" addresses. Many community colleges, companies, and other entities that don't

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