Can Colleges Reach Beyond Campus to Foster ‘Digital Equity’ in Communities?
The community of Orangeburg, South Carolina, is home to two Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Unsurprisingly, these institutions—Claflin University and South Carolina State University—make the internet available to their students and faculty.…
The Digital Divide 2.0: Navigating Digital Equity and Health Equity in Education
More than two years ago, educators around the country began to engage in dialogue regarding the digital divide, as they recognized the reality that many students did not have access and connectivity as once believed. A term originally applied to describe…
Does Solving Inequality in Education Mean Embracing ‘Birth Equity’?
Sanaa Sharrieff, a mother based in one of North Carolina’s largest school districts, Guilford County, is certain that where her son was born limited his education. Her son, Kendrick, an 8-year-old in third grade, was diagnosed with autism last year. But…
The ‘Digital Equity’ Students Need to Learn May Not Come Without Community Outreach
While students around the country are back in school in person this year, the connection between education and high-speed internet hasn’t been severed. Students still turn in assignments online and interact with class material through learning management…
Equity Alert – The M&A Class Action Firm is Investigating the Merger
Published: Feb. 11, 2022 at 11:19 PM MST|Updated: 5 hours ago NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Juan Monteverde, founder and managing partner of the class action firm Monteverde & Associates PC (the “M&A Class Action…
Doctors seeking health equity undeterred by neo-Nazi protest
BOSTON (AP) — Two doctors who teach at Harvard Medical School and have been working to establish greater equity in health care for people of color say they are undeterred by a recent protest outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston by a group of…
Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program Announces $200,000 in Grants and Starts Distributing 3,000 Laptops to Baltimore City Organizations Committed to Workforce Development and Digital Equity
Mayor’s Office of Employment Development’s Train Up Program to Receive 1,000 Laptops and One Year of Free Internet Essentials Service for Each Participant for the First Two Years of the Program Published: Nov. 17, 2021 at 10:45 AM…
Tesla Euphoria Powers Equity Boom for Electric Imitators
(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc.’s eye-popping run has left stock prognosticators in the dust, brought smaller imitators along for the ride and triggered a race by entrants new and old to cash in. It’s a phenomenon that alarms valuation experts and even…