"WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Commerce won praise today from the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) for donating $5.4 million worth of information technology equipment to college campuses serving the largest concentrations of Hispanic and other minority students.
""The Commerce Department is directly addressing the information technology gap between minority and non-minority populations in this country,"" HACU President Antonio Flores said. ""We applaud the leadership of Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta for taking this immediate, important step to help close that gap.""
Mineta announced today in Seattle, Washington, that the Commerce Department is donating $5.4 million worth of computers, printers and other information technology equipment to 82 minority colleges, including 29 Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The donations also went to 29 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and to 24 Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs).
""Each year, being connected becomes more critical to economic and educational advancement and to community participation. That's why the technology donation is a big step in accelerating these institutions toward digital inclusion,"" Mineta said.
The Commerce Department's Excess Equipment Donation Program was designed to support efforts to provide all American students access to information technology in the 21st century. Recent studies show Hispanic and other minority populations lag non-minority populations in Internet and information technology access.
Each of the selected higher education institutions will receive 15 high technology work stations complete with computers, servers, printers, cables and routers. The donations are made up of excess equipment from 520 temporary Census 2000 offices.
HACU represents more than 260 HSIs and other campuses serving large numbers of Hispanic higher education students. HACU member campuses in California, Florida, Texas, Illinois, New York, New Mexico, New Jersey and Puerto Rico are among the 29 technology recipients. Federally designated HSIs have a student population that is at least 25 percent Hispanic.
Those 29 HSIs that each will receive 15 full equipped information technology work stations are:
*Bakersfield College in California
*California State University at Dominguez Hills
*California State University at Los Angeles
*Caribbean University in Puerto Rico
*Harry S. Truman College of the City Colleges of Chicago
*College of Santa Fe in New Mexico
*College of Aeronautics in New York
*Dona Ana Branch Community College in New Mexico
*El Paso Community College in Texas
*Florida International University
*Hartnell College in California
*Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo Campus
*Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Guayama Campus
*John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York
*Miami-Dade Community College's Wolfson Campus in Florida
*Mount Saint Mary's College in California
*New Jersey City University
*New Mexico State University
*Merced College in California
*Odessa College in Texas
*Our Lady of the Lake University in Texas
*St. Philip's College in Texas (designated as both an HIS and HBCU)
*Texas State Technical College
*Universidad Central del Caribe in Puerto Rico
*University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
*University of Texas at El Paso
*University of Texas-Pan American
*Victoria College in Texas
*Woodbury University in California
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""The Commerce Department is directly addressing the information technology gap between minority and non-minority populations in this country,"" HACU President Antonio Flores said. ""We applaud the leadership of Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta for taking this immediate, important step to help close that gap.""
Mineta announced today in Seattle, Washington, that the Commerce Department is donating $5.4 million worth of computers, printers and other information technology equipment to 82 minority colleges, including 29 Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The donations also went to 29 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and to 24 Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs).
""Each year, being connected becomes more critical to economic and educational advancement and to community participation. That's why the technology donation is a big step in accelerating these institutions toward digital inclusion,"" Mineta said.
The Commerce Department's Excess Equipment Donation Program was designed to support efforts to provide all American students access to information technology in the 21st century. Recent studies show Hispanic and other minority populations lag non-minority populations in Internet and information technology access.
Each of the selected higher education institutions will receive 15 high technology work stations complete with computers, servers, printers, cables and routers. The donations are made up of excess equipment from 520 temporary Census 2000 offices.
HACU represents more than 260 HSIs and other campuses serving large numbers of Hispanic higher education students. HACU member campuses in California, Florida, Texas, Illinois, New York, New Mexico, New Jersey and Puerto Rico are among the 29 technology recipients. Federally designated HSIs have a student population that is at least 25 percent Hispanic.
Those 29 HSIs that each will receive 15 full equipped information technology work stations are:
*Bakersfield College in California
*California State University at Dominguez Hills
*California State University at Los Angeles
*Caribbean University in Puerto Rico
*Harry S. Truman College of the City Colleges of Chicago
*College of Santa Fe in New Mexico
*College of Aeronautics in New York
*Dona Ana Branch Community College in New Mexico
*El Paso Community College in Texas
*Florida International University
*Hartnell College in California
*Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo Campus
*Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Guayama Campus
*John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York
*Miami-Dade Community College's Wolfson Campus in Florida
*Mount Saint Mary's College in California
*New Jersey City University
*New Mexico State University
*Merced College in California
*Odessa College in Texas
*Our Lady of the Lake University in Texas
*St. Philip's College in Texas (designated as both an HIS and HBCU)
*Texas State Technical College
*Universidad Central del Caribe in Puerto Rico
*University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
*University of Texas at El Paso
*University of Texas-Pan American
*Victoria College in Texas
*Woodbury University in California
"