More than 5 million Americans live in education deserts, lacking any college within a 30-minute drive. The result: Poverty persists.
bringing jobs. But there’s a vicious circle at work — no easy access to education past high school, which means no highly trained workforce, which means no reason for a small manufacturing company or a software firm to come to town, which means, which means more poverty, which means it’s harder for people to have money for college, which means … well, the circle just continues.
. But not all are — 15 commuting zone deserts across the nation have populations of more than 250,000.Most are rural areas, which makes it hard for a community college to be located there, said Smith, the"Population matters in where community colleges are located. Geography matters and transportation matters," he said. "It's a stark reality: The richer zip codes" have more options, said Laura Beamer, one of the researchers on the Jain Family Institute study.
That's hurting students all across the state, from high schoolers to those seeking career training. It's also a barrier to economic mobility, trapping rural residents in poverty. Baldwin is making a push to help students understand if they want to improve their financial well-being — more than 90% of the district's students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a key measure of poverty — they need some sort of post-high school training."When you don't have somewhere close by," it's harder for students to get that training, he said, often for a simple reason — it's just not easy to get to a college.
"We're making it , but I wonder sometimes if it would have been different if we went to college," she said. To get there, you'll travel roads uncluttered by cars but with the occasional beet truck slowing your drive. Farmhouses mix with old barns, cornfields and streams wandering through woods and under the road. Down the way, an older man stops into a gas station to buy a freshly made sandwich and doughnut, while a lady on the other side of the gas station looks at guns and stacks of ammo boxes at a counter to rival one in Cabela's. She buys a handgun, milk and a couple of lottery tickets.
Julie Carr, an adjunct professor of speech from Mid-Michigan Community College, addresses her class at Huron Area Technical Center Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. Next, Joshua Swathwood, 18, a senior from Sebewaing who attends Elkton-Pigeon Bay Port Schools, talks about classes that he takes offered by Mid-Michigan Community College. Finally, student names are seen near colleges on a bulletin board in the hallway.
It's an attractive partnership for all involved. Huron County gets job training, college prep classes and workforce development it might not have otherwise had. Mid-Michigan gets students and tuition payments, along with a chance to fulfill its mission to "empower learners and transform communities," said Scott Mertes, vice president of community outreach and advancement, even if the communities it is working with are a hundred miles from its main campus.
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