Internet2 Project May Broaden Access for Community Colleges

By JAMILAH EVELYN

Internet2 officials have announced plans for a new effort to reach out to colleges and universities that are not research-oriented, as well as to elementary and secondary schools.

Steve Rappaport, director of network initiatives for the Internet2 project, told two-year-college faculty members and administrators gathered here for a meeting that Internet2 is committed to "finding creative ways" of providing high-speed network access to institutions that don't need all the amenities that

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