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Philanthropists Invest in Rural Workforce Training Programs
A partnership with Oregon STEM and its Spark Oregon earn-and-learn initiative helped pay for KEITH Manufacturing to employ four local high school interns for the summer.
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Nonprofit Shares Three National Lessons about Rural Higher Education
Rural students seeking higher education face numerous unique challenges. A conversation with CivicLab, an Indiana-based education nonprofit, helped illuminate three national trends about rural higher education.
Organizing Against Culture Wars Trying to Reshape Public Schools
Parent-driven Down Home North Carolina organizes to counteract aggressive attempts at book bans and other far-right inspired changes to public schools pushed by Moms for Liberty.
Why Geography Isn’t Destiny for Rural Education
Where you are doesn’t always determine where you go. Here are some stories about students from four different states who defied rural stereotypes — and even benefitted from their rurality to reach their education goals.
Rising Cost of Housing and Higher Education Poses Real Problems for Rural Students
As rent prices and college costs continue to rise, some rural students are forced to delay higher education in order to work multiple jobs. What does this mean for the country’s next generation?
Lessons from the Past to Chart the Future of Rural Schools
As rural communities think about the future role of public schools, an archivist at the University of Nebraska at Kearney aims to share local country school history to inform discussions and inspire learning.
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Commentary: Hillbillies in Higher Ed – Confronting Anti-Rural Bias in Academia
Beginning her career as a teaching academic, Emelie K. Peine found that her students, much like people she studied with herself “were just as earnest and well-meaning, and just as clueless about Appalachia in particular, the south in general, and rural America at large.”
The Case for Career and Technical Education, and Longevity
One rural Idahoan advocates for the trades, and shares his opinion on “investing in the long-term” when making higher education plans.
Commentary: When We Listen to People Carefully, the False Dichotomy of Rural and Urban America Evaporates
The rural/urban divide is too simplistic to apply to real lives, says a researcher who studies political and social divisions. Flagship universities, where a wide range of students meet, could be one place the nation starts healing our perceived fissures.
Taking the Community-College Path to Stanford University
Gabriel Clark dreamed of studying chemical engineering at Stanford University. After working several gap-year jobs in his hometown of Idaho Falls and attending community college at the College of Eastern Idaho, that dream finally came true.
A Classroom in the Vineyard
Students at Walla Walla Community College in rural Washington learn how to support the valley’s wine-making economy. And they’re doing it straight from the grapevine.
When a Rural College and Chamber of Commerce Team Up to Fight Local Unemployment
In southwest Virginia, Patrick & Henry Community College and the Martinsville Chamber of Commerce are working together to reverse the decline of local manufacturing jobs in their community by promising companies a qualified and adaptable workforce.
Colleges and Students Are Stepping Up to Help Rural Newspapers
Journalism programs provide students with a unique opportunity to engage in rural reporting. Students are given the experience of a newsroom with the support that’s often lacking in commercial internships.
Rural Residents Search for Solutions after Devastating College Closures
As small-town colleges in West Virginia, Iowa, and Maine shutter, the communities they leave behind struggle to reorient.
Who Gets to Create New Bachelor’s Degrees?
The debate over a degree in fire management is getting heated in California’s college system.
New Network of Universities and Colleges Works Together On Behalf of Rural Students
The STARS College Network seeks best practices from 16 public and private schools for interacting with rural and small-town students.
Family and College Collide in a Small Western Kansas High School
This rural senior at Garden City High School has to juggle multiple jobs, helping out at home, and her full class schedule — on top of applying to college. With the help of a college counselor who has been in her shoes before, she hopes to make her college dreams come true.
FAFSA Rule Change Cuts Financial Aid for Some Rural Students
The recent elimination of FAFSA exemptions for family farms and small businesses is likely to reduce aid and limit college attendance for rural students. One study estimates a fivefold increase in tuition costs for the average family affected by the change.
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