Education

Universal broadband: The time has come

From Inside Higher Ed: “As billions of people around the world, and hundreds of millions in the U.S., have been restricted from public places, businesses, schools and other locations outside the home, a very clear and crippling divide has become evident. Significant geographic areas as well as lower-income demographics have been excluded from opportunities for guided learning, work, rich communication, advanced telehealth services and gainful employment. … There have been some actions that attempt to address the rural divide, notably subsidies and grant programs, though these have not been fully implemented. Tom Wheeler of the Brookings Institution recommends more direct actionthrough ‘an ensemble of ways’ tapping a wide range of technologies and funding possibilities to eliminate the rural divide.”
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