Evidence-Based Pathways for Leveling Digital Access in Higher Education During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors

Christopher Ali, Pennsylvania State University
Vikki Katz, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-22-2024

Abstract

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers’ attention focused heavily on K–12 student connectivity. By contrast, college students were largely “presumed connected,” even as they lost access to campus Wi-Fi, computer labs, and other digital resources. This study asks what lessons were learned and not learned by university administrators when it came to digital inequality on their campuses during the pandemic. To address this question, the article’s authors relied on a series of student surveys and policy analyses. This article offers evidence-based policy recommendations to university leaders for effectively addressing digital inequality among their student populations as we look beyond the pandemic.

Comments

This article was originally published in Journal of Information Policy in 2024. https://doi.org/10.5325/jinfopoli.14.2024.0019

This scholarship is part of the Chapman University COVID-19 Archives.

Recommended Citation

Christopher Ali, Vikki S. Katz; Evidence-Based Pathways for Leveling Digital Access in Higher Education During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Information Policy 31 December 2024; 14 655–685. https://doi.org/10.5325/jinfopoli.14.2024.0019

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