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Rural
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How tech changes rural student outreach
To try to stem enrollment declines, and better serve students, Southeast Missouri State U. has tried a number of new tactics.
A rural student’s lost LSAT year
Barriers to getting into professional schools for rural students affect the types of lawyers, doctors, and educators we get .
For many rural students, higher ed means part-time education
Yet many colleges still focus on degree programs that can take years of full-time study, a serious time hurdle for working adults.
Musk’s Big Bet
Takeaways from a week in the Rio Grande Valley, exploring the promise and the peril for local residents of the billionaire's rocket ship to Mars.
Exploring the college gaps in rural Colorado
Research shows rural students have high aspirations to go to college. Many don’t make it onto college campuses. Jason Gonzales is examining why.
Will Elon Musk’s rocket bring prosperity or inequality to one of America’s poorest regions?
His spaceport would be a major investment anywhere, but it's an especially dramatic one in South Texas, a remote, mostly Hispanic region, an area without other high-tech industries or top-tier universities.
Burger refills and broadband access
Digital testing offers some promise for rural students, but there are hidden rules — and continued broadband challenges — that hamper access.
Can esports put rural colleges on the map?
They represent an intriguing outreach opportunity for increasingly cash-strapped colleges in more remote parts of the country.
A new compass for supporting rural
Why the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges' new metric to identify rural-serving institutions matters
A Kentucky college’s lesson in equity
Berea College provides an example of how federal GEAR UP money can shift aspirations and outcomes in rural communities. It’s also a glimpse into what is about to be lost in Maine and six other states that recently lost those funds.