A digital gift to the nation
Subtitle: fulfilling the promise of the digital and Internet age
By: Lawrence K. Grossman and Newton N. Minow, with background papers on digital perspectives
Contributors: Minow, Newton N., 1926-; Carnegie Corporation of New York
Series: A Century Foundation report; Century Foundation report
Publisher: Century Foundation Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780870784668
Subjects: Fundaciones de beneficencia; Research grants; Information technology; Endowments
Notes: Sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and others.

"A Century Foundation report."

"A publication of the Digital Promise Project."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Richard C. Leone; title: The Report  -- Lawrence K. Grossman, Newton N. Minow; title: The Recommendation --; title: The Need --; title: The New Landscape for Lifelong Learning --; title: A New Role for Public Broadcasting --; title: Digital Perspectives Background Papers --; title: The Nascent Age of Broadband  -- Les Brown; title: Justin Smith Morrill and the Politics and Legacy of the Land-Grant College Acts  -- Craig L. LaMay; title: Governance Models for the Digital Opportunity Investment Trust  -- Marion R. Fremont-Smith; title: Teaching the Promise: The Research University in the Information Age  -- Cathy N. Davidson; title: Fulfilling the Digital Promise in Nonprofit Education on a National Level  -- Thomas R. Martin; title: The Promise of the Digital Age for the Renewal of Regional Civic Culture  -- Mary L. Walshok; title: Fathom: A Case Study of a Public/Private Partnership in Higher Education  -- Ann Kirschner; title: Bridging the Digital Divide: Public Service Telecommunication in the Internet and Digital Age  -- Martin Gomez; title: How to Put the Web to Work for Nonprofits  -- Susan A. Rogers; title: It's 2001. Do You Know What Your Children Are Watching? The Critical Role of Children's Television in the Age of New Media  -- Rita Weisskoff; title: Older Americans and the Digital Revolution  -- Everette E. Dennis; title: The Digital Promise of Lincoln Center  -- John Goberman; title: (Re)Imagining BAM in the Age of Broadband Technologies  -- Wayne Ashley; title: You Will Find No Profit in Winning, but If You Lose, You Lose It All -- Richard Kimball.