Long known as a transfer school, a Michigan community college adapts to changing needs.
Nick Fouriezos
Open Campus national reporter covering the role of college in rural America.
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Can higher ed seed rural entrepreneurship?
An innovation experiment in Virginia is expanding to Texas and Kansas.
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The newest higher ed battleground: college email signatures
In South Dakota, administrators faced retribution for including their tribal affiliation
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The newest higher ed battleground: college email signatures
In South Dakota, administrators faced retribution for including their tribal affiliation in email signatures.
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To spur a rural rebound, one Minnesota county is paying college athletes to promote it
While universities are sometimes seen as agents of brain drain, officials in Otter Tail think they can turn higher education into a catalyst for a new, long-term gain.
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Reskilling ‘God’s beautiful country’ in the Florida swamps
Where locals are less likely to finish high school than the average American is to graduate from college.
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Mile Markers: Dog sledding and teacher shortages in northwest Alaska
A longtime Arkansas educator reflects on his year in the Arctic.
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The rural workforce is changing — and colleges are scrambling
“We’re not to the point where we’re hiring anybody off the street … yet.”
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The rural workforce is changing. Colleges are scrambling to keep up.
Lack of affordable housing makes it almost impossible to recruit out-of-towners to rural communities like Ravalli County, and the in-town workforce is drying up. Montana and other states hope more flexible, skills-based education systems can meet specific and sometimes surprising education needs.
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Rural students and the messy FAFSA rollout
Rural students have struggled in recent years to fill out the Free Application for Student Aid, a key indicator for college-going among high schoolers.