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 […]
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What does rural mean to me?
Emily Lytle, the new rural engagement reporter at Open Campus, shares her personal connection to rural communities.
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What should we know about rural America?
Introducing the new rural engagement reporter for Open Campus: Emily Lytle.
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When a rural college becomes a lifeline
One year after Hurricane Helene, a North Carolina community college is still navigating its role not just in education, but in recovery.
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“Future of Work” meets reality: A $42M farmworker program adjusts its vision
California’s farming workforce isn’t keeping up with the industry’s technological advancements. Seven community colleges launched a program to change that.
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How rural towns can tap their flagship
Indiana University’s Center for Rural Engagement is helping rural communities around the state.
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Texas has big goals for college completion. In places like Coastal Bend, how to get there is still murky.
Few adults have a college degree in this largely rural and mostly Hispanic region. That has consequences for the local economy and residents’ earning power.
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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ options shrink as colleges slash majors
As enrollments fall, rural-serving universities are shedding degree programs from music to chemistry.
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In rural America, VR courses offer a chance at equity
Welcome to Mile Markers, a bimonthly newsletter about rural higher education. I’m Nick Fouriezos, an Open Campus national reporter who grew up at the crossroads of suburban Atlanta and the foothills of Appalachia. Today’s Roadmap 01: Postcards: Exploring ‘the Alien Zoo.’02: Roadside Attractions: As courses close. We’re in the middle of our year-end fundraising campaign. Your support allows […]
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A rural Florida county hopes a new airport will bring jobs. First, it needs to retrain its workforce
A third of Hendry County’s working-age adults lack a high-school diploma. And local leaders’ efforts to educate more of the region’s diverse population face political headwinds, too.