Examines the black share of high-tech employment in the 25 U.S. cities with the largest African American populations in order to identify explanations other than geographical location for the underrepresentation of blacks in high-tech jobs. Through an analysis of high-tech employment trends between 1990 and 2000, both by occupation and by industry, Conrad finds that blacks are consistently underrepresented in high-tech jobs, those requiring a doctorate or bachelor's degree, as well as those that require an associate degree. She discusses various factors contributing to black underrepresentation in high-tech employment, and concludes that education, while not the sole contributing factor, must be part of any strategy to address this underrepresentation. Conrad provides an overview of education policies designed to address the need for greater black representation in the pool of workers with science and engineering training.

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Date Published: December 2005
 

A few months ago, Time Warner Cable announced the launch of their new Research Program on Digital Communications. The Program awards stipends to foster research dedicated to "increasing understanding of the benefits and challenges facing the future of digital technologies in the home, office, classroom and community".  Individual researchers affiliated with universities and not-for-profits are eligible to apply for the stipends.

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WASHINGTON, April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- BET Networks announced today its submission of a proposal to The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) for a grant under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) which is a part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  BET proposes to increase the adoption of broadband technology amongst African Americans through its National Sustainable Broadband Adoption Project (BETN-NSBAP) which will provide compelling reasons for new households to adopt broadband and will directly address three problems: (1) increasing the awareness of "the promise" of broadband technology; (2) increasing the relevance of broadband technology to marginalized African Americans; and (3) increasing the digital literacy of those who have been "left behind" in as many targeted communities as possible.

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National Broadband Plan Adoption Recommendations

As leaders who represent millions of voters throughout the nation, we extend a note concerning the preliminary broadband adoption recommendations released at the Knight Foundation/FCC forum held on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at the Newseum in Washington, DC.

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Joint Center launches Media and Technology Institute.

With the goal of connecting the vast majority of Americans to next-generation broadband over the next decade, the National Broadband Plan that was unveiled by the Federal Communications Commission last week offers a road map to full digital inclusion in our country.

If we succeed in meeting its goals, the plan could become one of the most influential documents of our era -- a blueprint not only for a new birth of equality and civil rights in the Information Age, but also for a more dynamic, competitive and vibrant society for the rest of this century.

For people of color, the poor, elderly, less-educated and disenfranchised, the stakes could not be higher.

Presently, nearly 100 million Americans, about a third of the country, are without a broadband connection to the Internet. According to the FCC, "they are older, poorer, less educated, more likely to be a racial or ethnic minority, and more likely to have a disability than those with a broadband Internet connection at home." Cost remains the primary barrier to entry, and limited digital proficiency, especially among seniors and the less educated, is also an important reason why many adults choose not to get online.

Our stubbornly high unemployment rate provides a glimpse of a wider problem, which is that too many in our work force are unprepared for rapid innovation in high-tech sectors that will dominate the global economy in the decades ahead.

Young people are not being equipped to meet the global competitiveness challenge in science, technology, engineering and math. Poor children in the inner city and many rural areas lack the textbooks, tools and teachers to help improve their readiness for the digital economy.

By charting a course toward universal connectivity to high-speed networks, the National Broadband Plan can help jump-start new efforts to address long-standing inequalities with regard to education and economic opportunity and thereby help bridge gaps that go far beyond the oft-mentioned digital divide. It's already happening among better-educated and more-affluent people of color. A recent study by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found that African-Americans and Hispanics in those categories are adopting broadband at the fastest rate of any group in the country.

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This webinar explores recent broadband incentive projects that improve the lives of rural community citizens, provide expanded on-line opportunities for children and create economic success stories for low-income families. Click here for presentations, speaker biographies, and more.

Partnership with the National Urban League, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and others aims to close the ‘digital divide’ among key demographics

BET Networks announced today its submission of a proposal to the The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) for a grant under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) which is a part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  BET proposes to increase the adoption of broadband technology amongst African Americans through its National Sustainable Broadband Adoption Project (BETN-NSBAP) which will provide compelling reasons for new households to adopt broadband and will directly address three problems: (1) increasing the awareness of “the promise” of broadband technology; (2) increasing the relevance of broadband technology to marginalized African Americans; and (3) increasing the digital literacy of those who have been “left behind” in as many targeted communities as possible.