Geography of College Opportunity
The Case of Education Deserts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8223451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas Hillman (0000-0002-5606-6389, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author), Nicholas W Hillman (University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 987-1021 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Educational Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8312 • E-ISSN: 1935-1011 |
| Publisher | American Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3102/0002831216653204 |
| OpenAlex | W2428683010 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 112 |
| References cited | 73 |
When students choose where to attend college, they often stay in close proximity to home and work. Much of the college choice literature, however, does not engage with the importance of geography in shaping educational destinations. Using county and commuting zone data from various federal sources, this study finds that the number of local colleges varies along lines of race and class. Communities with large Hispanic populations and low educational attainment have the fewest alternatives nearby, while White and Asian communities tend to have more. These can result in education deserts, or places where opportunities richly available for some communities are rare (or even nonexistent) in others
Destinations · Economic geography · Economic growth · Educational attainment · Ethnic group · Geography · Race (biology · Sociology · Tourism · Work (physics · Gender Studies · Higher Education Research Studies · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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Empowering Current and Future Educators
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A Potential Canary in the Coal Mine
Rural Latinx Students’ Spatial Imaginations of Their College Choices
Student Engagement and Disengagement as a Collective Action Problem
“Maybe They Don’t Believe in Us”
Education Deserts and Local Outcomes
The Push and Pull Paradox
Reconsidering Rural-Nonrural College Enrollment Gaps
Geography of Computing Graduate Degree Opportunities
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People and Places
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Well-Placed
Local Labor Market Alignment of Short-Term Certificate Programs
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Unintended Consequences
Destiny Unbound
A Robust Estimation of the Relationship Between Study Abroad and Academic Outcomes among Community College Students
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Between Two Fields
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From soil’
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Narrowed Gaps and Persistent Challenges
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Structuring middle-class aspirations
Post‐secondary vocational education for youth leaving care
Geographies of elite higher education participation
Communities and School Ratings
Inside the Math Trap
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The Spatial Patterns of Student Mobility Before, During and After the Bologna Process in Germany
Social Infrastructure and the Alleviation of Loneliness in Europe
Who Lives in a STEM Desert
School Credentials
A Growing Divide
College Choice, Interrupted
Recruitment Redlining by Public Research Universities in the Los Angeles and Dallas Metropolitan Areas
Horizontal and Vertical Racial Segregation in Higher Education
Community Colleges Can Increase Credential Stacking by Introducing New Programs Within Established Technical Pathways
The Role of Selective College Admissions Criteria in Interrupting or Reproducing Racial and Economic Inequities
Bus-Riding from Barrio to College
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The Company Regional Comprehensive Universities Desire to Keep
Complicating Education Geographies
College Choices
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Seeking Spatial Justice
Negative Binomial Regression
Crossing the Finish Line
Understanding the College‐Choice Process
The Community College Route to the Bachelor’s Degree
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The Missing "One-Offs"
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Interpreting Instrumental Variables Estimates of the Returns to Schooling
Democratization or Diversion? The Effect of Community Colleges on Educational Attainment
The American Community College
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Understanding Latina and Latino College Choice
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Accessibility to comprehensive higher education in Texas
Geography, Race, and Class
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The Changing Bases of Segregation in the United States
Geography of Opportunity”
Access to Higher Education
The Effect of Neighborhood Context on the College Aspirations of African American Adolescents
Exploring What Leads High School Students to Enroll in Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Rural-Nonrural Disparities in Postsecondary Educational Attainment Revisited
Fixed-Effects Negative Binomial Regression Models
The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs and the Polarization of the US Labor Market
Geographic Effects on Intergenerational Income Mobility
No place like home? Familism and Latino/a-white differences in college pathways
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The Role of Familism in Explaining the Hispanic-White College Application Gap
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| Unique citing works | 112 |
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| Citations per year | 12,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 112 |