At-Risk Accessibility

Digital Divide

• As President Clinton recently stated on the Navajo Nation. “You cannot be part of the digital revolution if you cannot access the Internet. You cannot access the Internet if you cannot get telephone service.”

• In lower socioeconomic communities the desire for computer access is overwhelming

• The uneven level of student capabilities is increasing as the income gap widens in the US

• Arizona has the widest income gap in the nation

• In the past decade, income in the upper fifth has increased (in real dollars) 21%

• Income in the bottom fifth has decreased 15% *Economic Policy Institute

Basic Skills Courses Increase

A third of first-time freshmen are enrolled in at least one remedial course

• Computer labs in the NFL-YET Center and the Roosevelt Community Technology Center are always filled to capacity

• Some colleges are designated providers of Developmental Education under state/federal contracts

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