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ERIC Number: EJ469280
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-1067-1803
Information Superhighways: Will They Reach Community Colleges?
Bigelow, Douglas
Community College Journal, v64 n2 p22-25 Oct-Nov 1993
Traces the growth of national information networks from the original network (ARPAnet) to the Internet and the National Research and Education Network (NREN). Reviews the debate on national networking, including issues related to the technology itself and policies that will shape it, and whether community colleges stand to gain or lose after the network is privatized. (AC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Trends, Federal Legislation, Futures (of Society), Government Role, Information Networks, Information Technology, National Programs, Technological Advancement, Telecommunications, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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