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In 2000, the American Association of Community Colleges petitioned the Department of Commerce to allow them to register their domain names under the .edu TLD. 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 were 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 [[ccTLD]]s. Prior to the restriction, there were approximately 200 community colleges that were registered to .edu. According to Arthur Brodsky, then spokesperson of the [[NTIA|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 could not be implemented until 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 register their domain names under the .edu TLD. 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 were 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 [[ccTLD]]s. Prior to the restriction, there were approximately 200 community colleges that were registered to .edu. According to Arthur Brodsky, then spokesperson of the [[NTIA|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 could not be implemented until 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>
==.EDU Eligibility Expansion==
===.EDU Eligibility Expansion===
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> On October 21. 2004, an update to the eligibility requirements was issued. Organizations will be classified as Category 1- Accredited Institutions and Category 2- System/District Offices. To establish their eligibility, entities must commissioned, established or recognized by a state, local or national government to perform the management and governance activity.<ref>[http://net.educause.edu/edudomain/policy.asp .edu Policy Information]</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 had been changed. All accredited post secondary institutions were to 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> On October 21, 2004, a further update to the eligibility requirements was issued. Organizations aree classified as Category 1- Accredited Institutions and Category 2- System/District Offices. To establish their eligibility, entities must be established or recognized by a state, local or national government.<ref>[http://net.educause.edu/edudomain/policy.asp .edu Policy Information]</ref>
All domain names that were registered before October 29, 2001 were grandfathered to the EDUCAUSE system regardless of the existing eligibility criteria.<ref>[http://net.educause.edu/edudomain/show_faq.asp?code=EDUELIGIBILITY Eligibility for the .edu Domain]</ref>
==Deletion of Inactive .edu TLD==
==Deletion of Inactive .edu TLD==