30.00% - Rural upbringings can shelter kids from complexity — insulation from different people and ideas leaves them less prepared for the world.
27.50% - Uniform density from edge to center is badly designed — the goal should be a gradient, denser near transit and commercial centers, stepping down outward.
22.50% - Colleges should be required to accept a proportional number of rural/urban students in alignment with the state’s population.
20.00% - Representation initiatives should target structurally disadvantaged groups defined by evidence of actual disadvantage — focused and defensible, unlike broad categorical preferences.
Rural students face systemic disadvantages in college admissions through fewer AP courses, less counseling, and less test prep.
30.00% - Rural workers earn less than urban counterparts for comparable work — a structural gap driven by labor market density and lack of alternatives, not productivity.
25.00% - Uniform density from edge to center is badly designed — the goal should be a gradient, denser near transit and commercial centers, stepping down outward.
25.00% - Colleges should be required to accept a proportional number of rural/urban students in alignment with the state’s population.
50.00% - Rural students face systemic disadvantages in college admissions through fewer AP courses, less counseling, and less test prep.
50.00% - Rural students face a structural gap in college admissions, not a talent gap.
0.00% - Rural children are at a disadvantage to their urban counterparts in college entrance requirements.
50.00% - First-generation college students in the United States