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Montana, like many places in the country, urgently needs more nurses and health care workers.

Behind the scenes of Montana’s effort to address rapidly changing workforce needs

The Bowler School District and College of Menominee Nation in Wisconsin are teaching construction skills to Native students.

Indiana’s Lawrence County has had to get creative to close the education gaps and labor shortages affiliating much of rural America.

Across the country, rural educators are grappling with evolving workforce demands in fascinating ways.

Showcasing stories in which students were able to defy, and in some cases, even benefit from, their rurality to achieve their goals.

Rural students face a unique housing challenge even among Gen Zers: shortages, rising rents, and barriers from landlords.

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.

Coming from a rural area, Clark faced challenges to get to college — he worried that he didn’t have the same resources or connections of his urban and suburban peers.