About Digital Equity Leadership Program (DELP)

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The Digital Equity Leadership Program (DELP) is funded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. View more funding information.

Our Mission

The mission of the DELP is to directly address the lack of broadband access, connectivity, adoption and equity at the university and surrounding anchor communities. In addition, NCCU will develop innovative ways to help residents in the anchor communities who may lack the digital literacy skills needed to seek, obtain and retain employment and perform other daily life tasks.

DELP Four Core Activities

The digital equity assessment and planning core activity will assemble a team comprised of NCCU faculty and members of the Digital Durham Collaborative that will conduct a community-focused, multi-stakeholder evaluation of the digital equity needs related to online education, digital inclusion, workforce and digital skill development in the anchor communities in Durham.

The digital equity training core activity is a multi-organization collaboration that consists of three interrelated activities to serve the needs of the qualified anchor communities in Durham. First, NCCU and its partners will provide educational programs; scale up digital navigator services to residents from the eligible anchor communities; provide software engineering, quality assurance engineering, and digital foundations for business and entrepreneurship courses and provide employment placement services; and offer continuing education courses on various information system topics.

Community engagement and service is an outreach collaboration of engagement activities focused on digital equity. NCCU will provide participants with resources to serve the community through volunteering and community engagement to expand experiential learning and workforce development.

The evaluation core activity will evaluate the project's success and the benefits delivered to project beneficiaries.

Outcomes

The NCCU DELP will advance digital equity in Durham, North Carolina. The activities implemented by the university-led community-focused consortium of organizations will improve digital inclusion and digital proficiency among individuals and organizations in NCCU's anchor communities.

Beneficiaries

NCCU DELP's project will benefit NCCU and the surrounding Durham, North Carolina, anchor community. Residents in the anchor community will have access to resources to improve their digital literacy skills and serve the community.