Where you live rather than what you know? The problem with education deserts (Brian A. Sponsler. Nicholas Hillman, Brookings)

To increase educational attainment levels, the process of preparing and applying for college needs to improve. Students need to know when to apply for financial aid, how to choose a college that matches their academic and social preferences, and develop awareness about what happens after college in terms of repaying debt and finding a job. There are many unknowns along the way, which is why so much attention today focuses on improving students’ “college knowledge” to help them navigate this process. But even if we fixed theprocess of college opportunity and all students became perfectly informed consumers, inequality would persist because of education deserts.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brown-center-chalkboard/posts/2016/04/11-education-deserts-sponsler-hillman