"So many of these rural public high schools are operating on shoestring budgets; they can't cut anywhere else. These programs do essential work that just won't get done if they're not there."
"Any changes to repayment-making either repayment more costly or more difficult-it's going to make things more difficult for rural students."
"We tend to think about geography in some pretty superficial ways when it comes to higher education, like, do we have a student from all 50 states? That actually is a very meaningless indicator when it comes to thinking about access and equity."
"I think we've got a lot of work to do when it comes to really thinking about how we conceptualize geography in terms of admission and then tracking those same students throughout their time at the institution."
Rural public high schools often operate with limited budgets, leaving little room to replace services if federal access programs lose funding. Programs such as TRIO provide essential support that would not be sustained without federal dollars. Rural students also face greater vulnerability to changes in federal student loan repayment, especially if repayment becomes more costly or difficult. Colleges can improve rural student support by identifying students with rural backgrounds rather than relying on superficial geographic indicators. Tracking students’ geographic origins can help institutions understand shared challenges across rural and marginalized urban students, including culture clashes, limited ability to return home after graduation, and academic underpreparation.
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