Comment by brandmeyer

"Overall, 59 percent of rural high school grads — white and nonwhite, at every income level — go to college the subsequent fall. That's a lower proportion than the 62 percent of urban and 67 percent of suburban graduates, according to the National Student Clearinghouse, which tracks this."

That's not actually all that large of a difference. Its certainly not enough to justify the strong wording in the headline.