Changes

In 2000, the American Association of Community Colleges petitioned the Department of Commerce to allow them to be able register their domain names under the .edu TLD. During that time, George R. Boggs,  president of the association said that it would be easier for students to access the websites of community colleges if their websites are registered under the .edu domain space. He said, "As our colleges are moving more and more into distance education, they want students to have easy access to what the colleges have to offer." In 1993, Jon Postel limited the .edu domain name registrations to 4-year colleges and universities while all other educational institutions were advised to register their domain names under country domains. Prior to the restriction, there were approximately 200 community colleges that were registered to .edu. According to Arthur Brodsky, then spokesperson of the  National Telecommunication Information Administration ([[NTIA]]), "Edu goes back to a time when they needed a way to identify supercomputing centers, and they were all universities, It's one of those pioneer things." At the time of the petition, the DOC was locked in a Cooperative Agreement with Network Solutions and changes can be implemented after the expiration of the contract in 2001. <ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591 RFC 1591]</ref> <ref>[http://amarillo.com/stories/112800/usn_community.shtml Community colleges want use of dot-edu Web names]</ref>

In 2000, the American Association of Community Colleges petitioned the Department of Commerce to allow them to be able register their domain names under the .edu TLD. During that time, George R. Boggs,  president of the association said that it would be easier for students to access the websites of community colleges if their websites are registered under the .edu domain space. He said, "As our colleges are moving more and more into distance education, they want students to have easy access to what the colleges have to offer." In 1993, Jon Postel limited the .edu domain name registrations to 4-year colleges and universities while all other educational institutions were advised to register their domain names under country domains. Prior to the restriction, there were approximately 200 community colleges that were registered to .edu. According to Arthur Brodsky, then spokesperson of the  National Telecommunication Information Administration ([[NTIA]]), "Edu goes back to a time when they needed a way to identify supercomputing centers, and they were all universities, It's one of those pioneer things." At the time of the petition, the DOC was locked in a Cooperative Agreement with Network Solutions and changes can be implemented after the expiration of the contract in 2001. <ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591 RFC 1591]</ref> <ref>[http://amarillo.com/stories/112800/usn_community.shtml Community colleges want use of dot-edu Web names]</ref>

EDUCAUSE proposed the inclusion of community colleges in the membership criteria for .edu TLD to DOC.  When the organization assumed the administration of the domain, accredited community colleges became eligible to register their .edu domain names.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/eduproposal_102601.pdf EDUCAUSE's Proposal]</ref> <ref>[http://net.educause.edu/edudomain/eligibility.asp .edu Eligibility]</ref>

EDUCAUSE proposed the inclusion of community colleges in the membership criteria for .edu TLD to DOC.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/eduproposal_102601.pdf EDUCAUSE's Proposal]</ref> On February  11, 2003, the organization announced that the eligibility for domain name registrations for .edu has been changed. All accredited post secondary institutions will be allowed to register their domain names starting April 2003. <ref>[http://net.educause.edu/edudomain/pr-eligibility.asp EDUCAUSE Announces Expansion of Eligibility for .edu Internet Names to Nationally Accredited Institutions]</ref>

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