CENIC Perspectives

CENIC, a nonprofit governed by its member K-12 schools, libraries, community colleges, universities, and other public-serving institutions, offers unique perspectives on the challenges and solutions surrounding broadband Internet in California and beyond. CENIC's mission statewide is to advance education and research by providing a world-class network essential for innovation, collaboration, and economic growth.

CENIC Perspectives are a series of editorial articles, authored by CENIC's CEO and other leaders from the research and education community, that outline steps to strengthen network infrastructure, increase access to broadband services, and support California's position as a global leader in scientific and technological innovation.

Spring and Summer 2021

The Minds We Need: Federal Broadband Investment Should Include Research and Education Infrastructure

With contributions and endorsements from over 50 community participants and organizations, Internet2, CENIC, EDUCAUSE, and The Quilt provided support to publish The Minds We Need. The paper calls for federal investments in people, collaboration tools, and infrastructure to ensure the talent and potential of every mind has equal access to opportunity. This effort has received encouragement from many people and organizations across the research and education community.

Editorial Articles: June-January 2021

During the 2020 pandemic, access to broadband became a social determinant of health, education, work, and economic security. Our homes became our schools, our workplaces, and our clinics via remote education, work, and telehealth. The links below offer perspectives on challenges and solutions regarding broadband in the time of coronavirus.

• Perspectives From CENIC: What Home Broadband Requirements are Necessary for Students (and Families) During COVID-19 and Beyond?
• In a Time of Pandemic, Members Share Insight on the Power of Research and Education Networks
• Broadband for Every California Household: One Gigabit or Bust!
• Internet Exchange Points: An Essential Infrastructure for Rural Broadband Initiatives
• Wireless Internet Technologies for Access, Equity, and Continuity
• The Minds We Need: Federal Broadband Investment Should Include Research and Education Infrastructure