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<p>Students in education deserts with few widely-accessible postsecondary options may struggle accessing the benefits of college given preferences to enroll in colleges close to home. I use a national survey of high school students and a structural equation model approach to describe the relationship between education deserts and students’ path to college enrollment, including the ways these relationships might be mediated by ways education deserts can shape the opportunity structure of a region. Students in education deserts are less likely to expect to expect to earn a college degree, progress on the path to college, and enroll in four-year colleges. This relationship is largely explained by lower parental and peer expectations for educational attainment and has implications for the support students in education deserts need on the path to college enrollment.</p>

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A Chill from the Desert: How Education Deserts Shape Students' Pathways to College

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    2026年4月27日

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  • Daniel Klasik

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Students in education deserts with few widely-accessible postsecondary options may struggle accessing the benefits of college given preferences to enroll in colleges close to home. I use a national survey of high school students and a structural equation model approach to describe the relationship between education deserts and students’ path to college enrollment, including the ways these relationships might be mediated by ways education deserts can shape the opportunity structure of a region. Students in education deserts are less likely to expect to expect to earn a college degree, progress on the path to college, and enroll in four-year colleges. This relationship is largely explained by lower parental and peer expectations for educational attainment and has implications for the support students in education deserts need on the path to college enrollment.