For a growing number of American high schoolers — especially those crammed in the country’s swelling urban centers — college is a foregone conclusion. A typical graduation day question is, “Where are you going to college?” not “Are you going to college?” But for students in more rural parts of the nation — such as much of Iowa — the academic conclusions are not so certain.
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Vanessa Miller, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Wed, 06/20/2018 - 2:29pm
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Topics: Iowa Linn County Cedar Rapids
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