In an effort to challenge the dominant discourses of college access and highlight nondominant discourses of college access such as geographic racism and segregation, I employ a Critical Geographic College Access (CGCA) framework. This framework consists of critical geographic theories such as power-geometry and spatial mismatch. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), I conducted spatial and proximity analysis of urban and suburban areas of a county in Western New York. The results revealed a college desert in the urban core and a college oasis in the suburban periphery. Using a critical geographic approach, this article asserts that a depopulating city consisting of high concentrations of people of color has less college accessibility although more need than suburban areas.

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大学沙漠和绿洲：对当地大学入学机会的批判性地理分析。

为了挑战大学入学的主导话语并突出大学入学的非主导话语，例如地理种族主义和种族隔离，我采用了批判地理大学入学 (CGCA) 框架。该框架由关键的地理理论组成，例如幂几何和空间失配。我使用地理信息系统 (GIS) 对纽约西部一个县的城市和郊区进行了空间和邻近分析。结果揭示了城市核心的大学沙漠和郊区外围的大学绿洲。本文使用批判性的地理方法，断言由有色人种高度集中的人口减少的城市尽管比郊区有更多的需求，但大学的可达性较低。