Community Solutions

Jul 9, 2020

Tips for Addressing the Digital Divide

Researchers from the Friday Institute for Educational innovation at North Carolina State University partnered on a two-year “homework gap” grant funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and…

Jun 30, 2020

How is digital inclusion and connectivity important for your ministry?

Contributed by John Dempsey Parker, Institute for Emerging Issues, NC State University. Last month, the IEI Faith Team facilitated its latest round of Peer Network Group conversations via Zoom. Peer Network…

Jun 12, 2020

For the City of San Antonio, Digital Inclusion is a key piece of post-pandemic reconstruction

The City of San Antonio recently passed a nearly $191 million “COVID-19 Community Recovery and Resiliency Plan,” to support the city’s future as it emerges from the pandemic. What’s unique…

Jun 5, 2020

Supporting Rural University Students During the COVID-19 Crisis

Contributed by Samantha Graham, Office of Outreach & Engagement, NC State University. When it was announced students would complete the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester online due to the COVID-19…

Jun 1, 2020

How Can YOU Help? Take This Survey.

How many North Carolinians lack access to an internet connection at their home or place of business? For those with access, is it sufficient to meet their needs? These are…

May 22, 2020

Train and Computer Stations: Rural Digital Strategies

For a world that’s gone virtual, large parts rural North Carolina still remains digitally unconnected. The expense and challenges of bringing high-speed broadband “the last mile” haven’t changed, and Americans…

May 13, 2020

MCNC and Facebook Expand Access in Western North Carolina

In January 2020, MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN)and Facebook announced a collaboration to make high-speed broadband available in the western region of…

May 8, 2020

How to Move Mountains to High Speed

While the public health crisis of COVID demands flexibility and workarounds, students who don’t have access to high speed broadband have been one of the biggest obstacles for school districts…

Apr 29, 2020

ReCONNECT to Technological Opportunity Community Cohort Solutions

Communities across the state are figuring out how to address issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The organizations involved in our ReCONNECT to Technological Opportunity forum community cohort have suddenly…

Apr 27, 2020

Rolling Hot Spots

Caldwell County is getting on the road to help close the digital divide. Thirty-one school buses in the county are fitted with routers and antennae to support Rolling Hot Spots,…