March 21, 2003

Internet2 Is Too Expensive for Many Liberal-Arts Colleges

By FLORENCE OLSEN

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 foundation is encouraging small colleges to propose programs that use advanced networks for teaching computer-science and

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