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ERIC Number: EJ543074
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
Planners of a Faster Internet Hope To Learn from the Original.
Wilson, David L.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v43 n29 pA29-A30 Mar 28 1997
As Internet 2 takes shape, the university administrators and researchers behind it are taking care to address the political and economic challenges experienced by the original Internet. The new, privatized system will be faster and more powerful, but some fear privatization has shifted the balance of power toward profit-making instead of meeting researchers' needs. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Economic Factors, Efficiency, Higher Education, Information Networks, Internet, Political Influences, Privatization, Program Development, Research Tools, Researchers, Technological Advancement, Telecommunications
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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