Developing Partnerships to Combat the "Digital Divide"

The University of Maryland has recently begun a partnership with Byte Back, a computer skills training program for unemployed and underemployed persons in the Washington, D.C. area. Thus far, the University has provided short-term positions to two interns from the program. This paper describes the partnership and explores the challenges faced to date, including administrative, managerial, and performance issues. Keywords Digital divide, computer skills retraining, partnership, internship program.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: SIGUCCS
• Authors: Gina M. Jones, Sonja Kueppers
• Keywords: Information Management, Short-term Positions, SIGUCCS 2000, Skills Training Program, Underemployed Persons