Experts are increasingly sounding the alarm on community “college deserts” that leave students without readily accessible higher education options.
The deserts, locations where high schools are more than 30 miles away from all community colleges, disproportionately affect rural Americans and those of color, threatening to exacerbate existing education gaps.
“These college deserts, a lot of them, obviously, are more prevalent in rural areas, where you have a lot of space, and people are kind of distributed out. It is a concern because you don’t want segments of people left behind,” said Rebecca Corbin, CEO of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship, adding many of the affected areas are in the southern United States.
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