Will broadband access for our students cease being a political fight?
Higher Education Enrollment Growth Briefing
English - May 19, 2022 08:00 - 1 minute - 1.57 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsCourses Education education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Reported by The Brookings Institution, while last year’s Build Back Better bill suggests broad bipartisan approval and alignment for critical infrastructure work, broadband access for students was historically stuck in the political crosshairs. Perhaps because for this type of infrastructure, private companies would be exclusively enlisted to do the work. There are no government providers of broadband.