Montana, like many places in the country, urgently needs more nurses and health care workers.
Nick Fouriezos
Open Campus national reporter covering the role of college in rural America.
Rural ed’s existential crisis: Can it keep up?
Behind the scenes of Montana’s effort to address rapidly changing workforce needs
Virtual worlds, real skills, for Wisconsin’s tribal communities
The Bowler School District and College of Menominee Nation in Wisconsin are teaching construction skills to Native students.
Teaching teachers in West Alabama
This week, how a co-teaching program is helping prepare new educators in Alabama.
How an Indiana county has become a re-education catalyst
Indiana’s Lawrence County has had to get creative to close the education gaps and labor shortages affiliating much of rural America.
The two Tetons: A growing divide in the ‘Billionaire Wilderness’
Across rural America, both income inequality and a lack of affordable housing are on the rise. Remote communities like the Tetons are facing not just an economic challenge, but also an educational one, as changing workforce needs meet a critical skills and training gap.
Mile Markers: Three lessons about rural higher ed
Across the country, rural educators are grappling with evolving workforce demands in fascinating ways.
Mile Markers: Geography isn’t destiny for rural America
Showcasing stories in which students were able to defy, and in some cases, even benefit from, their rurality to achieve their goals.
For rural students, an unaffordable housing double whammy
Rural students face a unique housing challenge even among Gen Zers: shortages, rising rents, and barriers from landlords.
A rural Idahoan’s case for the trades
Justin Sarbaum, a retired Army infrantryman, understands the importance of college. But if you’re making the investment, you should be doing it strategically, he says.