A Project to Create A Statewide Academic/Research Network for Arkansas

这一奖项使阿肯色州建立了一个全州范围的学术/研究网络。一个由19所学院和大学组成的联盟已经成立，占该州学生入学人数的86%以上，以管理该网络(ARKnet)。该网络通过每秒56000比特的租用线路将全面服务扩展到每所学校，无论规模大小，每所学校都在努力实现其校园服务的无处不在。已经制定了一项培训方案，以确保该网络的所有潜在用户都掌握了与其目的相适应的知识。该奖项建立在1987年授予费耶特维尔阿肯色大学的一笔赠款的基础上，该大学提供了与MIDNET的连接，MIDNET是一个覆盖中西部八个州的中级网络。这一连接将为ARKnet提供对MIDNET和NSFnet的访问。

This award enables establishment of a statewide academic/research network for Arkansas. A confederation of 19 colleges and universities, representing over 86 percent of the State's student enrollment, has been formed to administer the network (ARKnet). The network extends full service to each school, regardless of size, via 56,000 bit per second leased lines, and each school is working toward ubiquity of service on its campus. A training program has been established to ensure that all potential users of the network have knowledge appropriate to their purposes. This award builds on a 1987 grant to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, which provided connection to MIDNET, a mid-level network covering eight midwestern states. This connection will provide access for ARKnet to MIDNET and the NSFNET.