'Education deserts' are a 'staggering' problem, and for-profit colleges are taking advantage
In the U.S., 38% of the population lives in highly concentrated zip codes, where they
have access to very few or no higher education institutions, according to Beamer and
her co-author Marshall Steinbaum, who is also an assistant professor of economics
at the University of Utah. If a student from these areas wanted to attend a college
or university, their commute would be at least 45 minutes.