June 21, 2002

Expert Say Technology Gap Among Colleges Perpetuates 'Digital Divide' in Society

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG


The "digital divide" in American society is getting worse, not better, and it is 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

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