Taylor Burtch
Digital redlining: the relevance of 20th century housing policy to 21st century broadband access and education
Topics: Families and CommunitiesBroadband is not equally accessible among students despite its increasing importance to education. We investigate the relationship between broadband and housing policy by joining two measures of broadband access with Depression-era redlining maps that classified neighborhoods based in part on… more →
Variation in broadband access among undergraduate populations across the United States
Topics: Families and CommunitiesIncreasing numbers of students require internet access to pursue their undergraduate degrees, yet broadband access remains inequitable across student populations. Furthermore, surveys that currently show differences in access by student demographics or location typically do so at high levels of… more →