Minnesota's Digital Divide: How Minnesota Can Replicate the Rural Electrification Act to Deliver Rural Broadband
Summary. Rural Minnesota students lack adequate broadband access, which undermines their constitutional right to education. The paper argues that Minnesota legislators should adopt a policy framework modeled on the New Deal's Rural Electrification Act to build broadband infrastructure in underserved rural areas and ensure equitable educational opportunities.
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Oakland, A.. (2020). Minnesota's Digital Divide: How Minnesota Can Replicate the Rural Electrification Act to Deliver Rural Broadband. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3653484
Oakland, Abby. “Minnesota's Digital Divide: How Minnesota Can Replicate the Rural Electrification Act to Deliver Rural Broadband.” SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3653484.
Oakland, Abby. 2020. “Minnesota's Digital Divide: How Minnesota Can Replicate the Rural Electrification Act to Deliver Rural Broadband.” SSRN Electronic Journal. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3653484.
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- 2026-04-28