Answering a random call was the serendipitous connection that led to Purdue Extension's new Downing Endowment for Community ...

Rural counties like Amador and Mariposa lack community college access, limiting educational and economic opportunity. Learn how the CCC can help.

Not many college presidents can claim an executive producer credit — but now Nicole Hurd of Lafayette College can. That’s thanks to the launch of “ The Class,” a new PBS docuseries that follows six ...

Rural youths visit Ranchi college Dhrubajyoti.Malakar / Mar 12, 2025, 23:47 IST AA ...

For any student, the thought of college can be scary. It is a life-changing experience. That is why, for a rural student, it can be even more of a daunting thought.

Now, as a mentor for RECN 2.0, Logansport High School will have the opportunity to support other rural high schools, reducing barriers that keep students from going to college.

The state must find ways to make rural schools a part of the early college landscape so more students have a chance to benefit from a college education. By Marty Meehan and Javier Reyes Updated ...

Founded in April 2023 by a coalition of 16 American colleges, STARS works to support the 9.7 million high school students from rural America in enrolling in and graduating from college.

Yuba College President Dr. Tawny Dotson has been appointed to the National Commission on Small and Rural Colleges by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). Her term on the ...

Recruitment Efforts and Peer Mentors What would have helped students like these transition from rural high schools to college campuses? Members of the STARS College Network are testing strategies to ...

Contrast that with the situation in sparsely populated Charlevoix, Cheboygan, and Emmet counties, where North Central Michigan College is the sole educational provider. In order to align with the jobs ...