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The First HBCU
Summit Conference on
Accelerating the
Closure of the Digital Divide
on HBCU Campuses
Conference Location
Jackson State University (JSU) will serve as the host
institution for this conference to be held at its new E-Center,
1230 Raymond Road, Jackson, MS 39204, which is about two miles from the main
campus. This conference is sponsored by the AOL
Time Warner Foundation Digital Divide Bridge Program through a grant to
Tennessee State University, is managed by the TSU Center of Excellence, and is
administered by the TSU Foundation.
Date and Time
Thursday and Friday, October 4 - 5, 2001
12:00 noon on Thursday through 1:00 p.m. on Friday
To Register
-- click here -- no cost to register!
Goal of this conference
The “digital divide” refers to the wide disparity in
access to, and use of, technology in our society; purportedly, this divide is
widening. The equivalent of a “digital divide” exists between
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other higher education
institutions (HEIs) in technology assets, accessibility, and use. As other HEIs
advance toward robust technology standards such as the emerging Internet 2, the
divide between HBCUs will widen unless plans are made otherwise.
The goal of this conference is to help accelerate the pace
of closure of this “digital divide" by (1) managing technology
productively; (2) accelerating advanced campus technology including Internet2
and beyond; (3) accelerating both technology infusion and transfer; (4)
exploiting technology for learning enhancement through links to secondary
schools, and (5) other strategies.
Although the
conference is targeted to top HBCU management, the target audience is intended
for all management levels, faculty, staff, especially HBCU students
-- who will become future technology managers -- and other stakeholders.
Conference Planning Team
Dr. Eugene E. Jones, TSU Co-Project Manager,
937-477-7137
Ms. Paula Pixler, JSU E-Center Coordinator, 601-371-9153
Dr. Michael Busby, TSU Co-Project Manager, 615-963-7013
Dr. Willie Brown, JSU Vice President for Information Technology, 601-594-3288
Dr. Joseph Stevenson, JSU Provost and Dean of Academic Affairs (601) 979-2244
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