With our great investment in technology, it is time that we extend our services beyond the campus and help the children who may become the future generation of Hamptonians. Campus technology is important to the University's growth, and to the community's as well, White added. Our purpose is to improve learning through technology, not just through the provision of hardware and software, but by teaching students to use technology to learn and thrive in today's technology-rich environment. The programs funded by the grants range widely from urban schools to Native American tribal communities, from online community newspapers to urban gardens to Web sites that gather neighborhood history. They vary geographically from Spokane, Wash., to Lorman, Miss., to Miami.
Many programs are intergenerational.
Each program will receive annual funding for two years and will be eligible for continued funding for a total of five years. Leaders of the 20 programs qualify for annual professional development programs at Brown. More than 160 community-based programs applied for grants. As a national coalition of nearly 700 college and university presidents committed to improving America's communities, we are enthusiastic about this program because it will help communities raise a generation of students who can not only use technology, but can use it to improve their own neighborhoods.