EQUITY-RELATED RESOURCES

Links to Information on the Digital Divide and Related Issues

The following list of resources provides a sampling of current views on the "digital divide" and related topics, organized by source. You will find links to popular press articles and speeches, reports and scholarly papers, governmental actions, and a short list of foundations and non-profit organizations committed to making a difference in this area. These resources have been compiled in conjunction with the CILT2000 conference, and will be available after the conference with occasional updates.

Additional links provided at the conference can be found by clicking here.

Press articles, speeches, etc.

 •Intergenerational Divide (article)

http://www.sjmercury.com/svtech/news/special/webteen/

 •Bringing IT to the Have-Nots (article)

http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/1,1151,16980,00.html

 •National Governors Association, Carly Fiorina, HP CEO (speech)

http://www.hp.com/ghp/ceo/speeches/nga.html

 •The Global Digital Divide (article)

http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/07/20/fp8s2-csm.shtml

 •Cyber-rich vow to aid offline nations (article)

http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/07/20/fp1s1-csm.shtml

 •Beyond Access: Understanding the Digital Divide, Andy Carvin (speech)

http://www.benton.org/Divide/thirdact/speech.html

 •More Tech Users, But Divide Still Exists (article)

http://cyberatlas.com/big_picture/geographics/article/0,,5911_429391,00.html

 •FCC Cites a Higher-Speed Digital Divide (article)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33100-2000Aug3.html

 •Computers for Youth: Spreading the Net (article)

http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,13182,00.html

 •Cluelessness: The Other Digital Divide

http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2486628,00.html

 •Digital Divide: It's Money, Not Race - Forrester Research Study (article)

http://www.washtech.com/news/regulation/1511-1.html

 •Study Finds Gaps in Internet Content. Reports from the Children’s Partnership and the Conference Board.(article in NY Times March 23, 2000 p E5) (access fee charged)

http://www.nytimes.com/

 •Hispanics are narrowing the digital divide (article in NY Times April 6, 2000) (access fee charged)

http://www.nytimes.com/

 •Peace corps chief sees a digital bridge needs.(article in Washington Post 19 April 2000) (access fee charged)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

 •Enabling Technologies (article)

http://www.businessweek.com/common_frames/bws.htm?
http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_12/b3673024.htm

 •Digital Divide (PBS 2-part series)

http://www.pbs.org/digitaldivide/about.html

 •A Lesson in Computer Literacy from India's Poorest Kids (article)

http://www.businessweek.com/common_frames/bws.htm?
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2000/nf00302b.htm

Research reports & papers

 •Safe & Smart: Research and Guidelines for Children's Use of the Internet (book)

http://www.nsbf.org/safe-smart/index.html

 •E-rate in America: Tale of Four Cities (report)

Benton Foundation, EDC/Center for Technology and Children.

http://www.benton.org/e-rate/e-rate.4cities.pdf

 •Digital Divide in Educating African American Students and Workers, Alan B. Kreuger, Princeton University (working paper)

http://www.irs.princeton.edu/pubs/pdfs/434.pdf

 •Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Americans: The Digital Divide's New Frontier; The Children's Partnership (Report)

http://www.childrenspartnership.org/pub/low_income/index.html

 •A Persisting Digital Divide Puts Millions of Americans at an Economic, Social and Political Disadvantage

http://www.consumerfed.org/digitaldivide/disconnected102000.htm

 •Report On The Digital Divide and Its Social and Economic Implications for Our Nation and Its Citizens.

http://www.gartner.com/public/static/techies/digital_d/digital_d.html

 •Who's Not Online: 57% of those without Internet access say they do not plan to log on

http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=21

Governmental action

 •The Clinton-Gore administration:

A national call to action to close the digital divide

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/New/html/20000404.html

 •Kerry bill seeks high-speed Net access for poor areas (article)

http://www.senate.gov/~kerry/clippings/052300.html

 •President's Information Technology Advisory Committee
(reports, testimony, etc.)

http://www.ccic.gov/ac/#pres-2feb00

 •The President's New Markets Trip:

From Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/New/New_Markets-0004/20000417-6.html

 •Thomas: Legislative Information on the Net

http://thomas.loc.gov

 •Commerce Department's Digital Divide Web site.

http://digitaldivide.gov/

 •Community Access Program, Government of Canada (web site)

http://cap.ic.gc.ca/

Foundations, program funding, organizations

 •Benton Foundation index to digital divide news

http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/news.adp

 •E-rate issues, Benton Foundation

http://www.benton.org/e-rate/

 •The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Digital Divide Research

http://www.glf.org/learning/digitaldivide.htm

 •Bridging the Digital Divide: Spring 2000
(special issue Edutopia, George Lucas Educational Foundation)

http://www.glef.org/edutopia/newsletters/spring2000/index.html

 •World Bank & Softbank invest in internet enterprises for developing world

http://www.softbank.com/sbem/english/english.html

 •NetDay Compass

http://www.NetDayCompass.org