Welcome to Mile Markers, a twice-a-month newsletter about rural higher education. If you’re a young student in Livingston, Alabama, it’s likely that many of your principals and teachers are alumni of the University of West Alabama. At SUNY Potsdam, students don’t travel far from the campus – located in “the shadow of the Adirondacks,” as […]
Emily Lytle
Rural Engagement Reporter
As the rural engagement reporter, Emily shares stories about higher ed in rural communities and finds new ways to connect with people that care about those stories. She also co-leads the community journalism track at the Radically Rural Summit in Keene, NH. After working as a community reporter in Delaware, covering stories that ranged from farmland preservation efforts to beach tourism trends, Lytle most recently collaborated with news organizations around the globe as part of The Reynolds Journalism Institute’s innovation team. In this role, she produced the monthly Innovation in Focus newsletter and tested new tools, technology and strategies alongside community-centered newsrooms.
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What does transformative support for rural college students look like?
Four Michigan students share what has worked for them and what they want to see change in the future.
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4-H clubs can make a difference for post-high school success. Here’s how it’s happening in Colorado
Juntos 4-H helps students and families navigate the educational system in middle school, high school and post-graduation.
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Iowa invests millions each year in regional career centers. What does that mean for rural students?
A look at a community college in Iowa where a $1 million state grant will help build a new hub for career and tech education.
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Rural career opportunities exist. How advisers in Missouri are proving it to their students
Takeaways from joining high school advisers on industry tours in Missouri as part of a training with rootEd Alliance.
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‘This is the model’: Why Workforce Pell is taking a backseat to this $40M state program in Virginia
An opportunity to connect with one another online, and a look at Virginia’s FastForward program and its impact on rural students
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Employers want to see soft skills. How rural schools are delivering
Schools throughout rural Kansas are following Maine’s footsteps with a model focused on soft skills like problem-solving and financial literacy.
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What we learned after traveling 1,000 miles across Montana to talk about rural workforce needs
A look inside some of the conversations we had with the Rural Talent Lab
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Why I’m headed to Montana
Highlighting the Rural Talent Lab, an initiative that is starting with community listening tours in Montana, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kansas
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Bringing health care training closer to home for rural students
One program in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri that is hoping to bring more doctors and dentists to rural communities