We study how geographic access to public postsecondary institutions is associated with students' college enrollment … in students' local college options, with White, Hispanic, and rural students having, on average, many fewer nearby … options than their Black, Asian, suburban, and urban peers. We then show that students are sensitive to the distance they must …

-ethnicity and socioeconomic status. We find that students are sensitive to the distance they must travel to access public colleges … and universities, but there are heterogeneous effects across students – particularly with regard to distance to public two …-year colleges (i.e., community colleges). White, Asian, and higher-income students who live in a community college desert (i.e., at …

schools that did not have a history of sending students to the flagship campuses. Our analysis reveals an increase in the … likelihood that high schools in non-suburban areas sent students to the flagship campuses, but ultimately little to no equity … schools on the flagship campuses continued to dwarf the population of students from other high schools. Thus, the purported …

We study how geographic access to public postsecondary institutions is associated with students' college enrollment … in students' local college options, with White, Hispanic, and rural students having, on average, many fewer nearby … options than their Black, Asian, suburban, and urban peers. We then show that students are sensitive to the distance they must …

-ethnicity and socioeconomic status. We find that students are sensitive to the distance they must travel to access public colleges … and universities, but there are heterogeneous effects across students - particularly with regard to distance to public two …-year colleges (i.e., community colleges). White, Asian, and higher-income students who live in a community college desert (i.e., at …

High school exit exams are meant to standardize the quality of public high schools and to ensure that students graduate … dropout for students who have difficulty passing tests, with a larger effect on minority students. To mitigate this, some … states offer alternative, non-tested pathways to graduation for students who have failed their exit exams. This study …