55.00% - Rural students face systemic disadvantages in college admissions — fewer AP courses, less counseling, less test prep — and that's a structural gap, not a talent gap.
45.00% - Rural upbringings can shelter kids from complexity — insulation from different people and ideas leaves them less prepared for the world.
Colleges should be required to admit rural and urban students in proportion to a state's population.
60.00% - Representation initiatives should target structurally disadvantaged groups defined by evidence of actual disadvantage — focused and defensible, unlike broad categorical preferences.
40.00% - Meritocracy in its pure form doesn't exist, but pursuing it as an ideal — rewarding demonstrated performance — is still worth the effort.
100.00% - Rural students face systemic disadvantages in college admissions — fewer AP courses, less counseling, less test prep — and that's a structural gap, not a talent gap.
100.00% - Colleges should be required to admit rural and urban students in proportion to a state's population.
0.00% - Colleges should be required to accept a proportional number of rural/urban students in alignment with the state’s population.
50.00% - Proportional representation