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Aspen Institute to Advance Knight Commission's Recommendations f...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Sun, 03/21/2010 - 23:20

Knight has awarded a two-year, $800,000 grant to Aspen for efforts to advance the recommendations of the commission, which inspired the federal government's recently released National Broadband Plan....


 

University Presidents Think Current Athletics Spending Unsustain...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Fri, 10/30/2009 - 22:00

The report from the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics found that the subsidies provided by most Football Bowl Subdivision institutions to their athletics budgets are rising more quickly than educational budgets....


 

Knight Foundation Launches $3.3 Million Initiative to Expand Dig...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Tue, 10/20/2009 - 22:00

Launched on the heels of a report from the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, the initiative will fund efforts to expand public Internet access at libraries in twelve communities across the nation....


 

Report Calls Attention to Information Needs of U.S. Communities

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Sun, 10/04/2009 - 22:10

In conjunction with the release of a new report from the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, the Knight Foundation has announced $7 million in grants to help provide universal broadband access across the nation....