Do Rural’s Best and Brightest Back Away?

A new study shows that top rural high school students are far less likely to enroll at the nation’s most prestigious colleges. Are they left out or just less enticed?

A new study by two scholars at the University of Michigan has found that top students from rural high schools were 2.5 times less likely to enroll in the nation’s most prestigious colleges and universities than were their urban and suburban counterparts.

By Julie Ardery

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