The Digital Opportunity Investment Trust and America's Global Leadership
Policy Paper
Feb. 18, 2005
The digital age has drastically reshaped the world that we live in—making communication faster, information more accessible, and our knowledge more expansive than ever before. With even more information at our fingertips, it has become increasingly difficult to keep up with the pace of information output. Knowledge is now the principal source of wealth creation and new jobs in the United States. Ensuring that the United States and its populace keep up with the fast pace of knowledge dissemination and continuously evolving technology is crucial to maintaining a vibrant economy as well as remaining secure at home.
With a similar purpose and governance structure, the Digital Opportunity Investment Trust (DO IT) proposes to do for education and training what National Science Foundation (NSF) has done – and continues to do – for science. This paper will explore some of the parallels between the NSF and DO IT, as well as explain why DO IT is not only a desirable investment, but also a necessary investment for America.
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