Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education Connection to Southeastern Universities Research AssociationNetwork

9311534 Crum弗吉尼亚潮汐高等教育联盟（VTC）和公共电视台WHRO-TV要求硬件、软件和通信支持，以连接VTC LINK到SURAnet。与SURAnet的直接连接，将使职训局成员院校的研究人员、教职员工和学生更方便地使用国家科学基金网（NSFNET）、ESnet、NSI等国内和国际网络，以及通过互联网提供的大量其他信息资源。对于部分职训局成员院校，特别是社区学院，这是唯一的上网方式。职训局和WHRO- TV建议，透过将职训局通与SURAnet连接，为其他有兴趣与本地公共电视台合作建立类似连接的个别社区学院高等教育联盟树立榜样。这种连接一旦到位，将极大地促进社区大学、四年制教育机构和CEBAF（连续电子束加速器设施）和橡树岭国家实验室等研究机构的合作研究工作。除了职训局通外，世卫组织电视亦营运另外两个远程办公系统：VA.PEN及Learning LINK，服务幼稚园至十二年级教育界。SURAnet连接的附带好处是，在适当的情况下，将K-12教师和学生纳入上述项目。*** NSFNET

9311534 Crum The Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education (VTC) and public television station WHRO-TV request hardware, software, and communications support to connect VTC LINK to SURAnet. A direct connection to SURAnet will provide researchers, faculty, staff and students at VTC member institutions with improved access to national and international networks such as NSFNET, ESnet, NSI, and a whole host of other information resources available via the Internet. For some VTC member institutions, particularly the community colleges, this connection represents the only method of accessing the Internet. By linking VTC LINK to SURAnet, the VTC and WHRO- TV propose to set an example for other higher education consortia of individual community colleges interested in working with their local public television stations to establish similar connections. The connection, once in place, will greatly facilitate collaborative research efforts involving community colleges, four year institutions of their education and research organizations such as CEBAF (the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In addition to VTC LINK, WHRO-TV operates two other telecomputing systems, VA.PEN and Learning Link, serving the kindergarten through 12th grade educational community. A side benefit of the SURAnet connection will be the inclusion of K-12 teacher and student, when appropriate, in the above mentioned projects. *** NSFNET