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College Board, see http://www.collegeboard.org.

This report concludes that the result of the new technologies may be to deepen 
the divide between educational haves and have-nots, and that the market-place 
alone will not fix the problem.  Public policy must intervene to narrow the digital 
divide between whites and minorities, the wealthy and the less advantaged. 
Access and inclusion should be the principle values inspiring the use of new




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technologies to deliver and enhance instruction.  Among the policy 
recommendations are (1) that the government must intervene to ensure a level 
playing field, and (2) the government must continue to generate research and 
indicators on the social impact of the Internet.

Green, Kenneth (2000).  2000 Campus Computing Report.  Campus Computing, Encino, 
California.

This annual survey of information technology in U.S. higher education shows 
that more institutions now offer more services on their Web sites.  Three-fourths
(76.1 percent) of the 469 institutions participating in the 2000 survey provide 
online undergraduate applications, up from 69.5 percent in 1999 and 55.4 percent 
in 1998.  Over four-fifths (83.1 percent) make the course catalog available on 
online, compared to 77.3 percent in last year and 65.2 percent in 1998.


Heeger, Gerald A. (2000, July 19).  Testimony before the Web-based Education
Commission.  President, University of Maryland University College.

One policy recommendation in his testimony targeted the need to focus on 
enabling students to take advantage of the Internet rather than creating obstacles 
to that access.  Presently, Heeger observes that it is virtually impossible for a 
student to enroll in more than one higher education institution at the same time. 
In particular, the current financial aid regulations constitute a barrier to students 
fully utilizing Internet education opportunities.

Heller, Donald E. (ed) (2001)  The States and Public Higher Education Policy. 
Baltimore:  The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Among several issues, this book addresses financial aid policy and distance


	

	
		
			
				
					
						




						
							
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