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Showing posts with label college. Show all posts
Showing posts with label college. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Analysis: College degrees remain good investments, but universities need to foster job preparedness and creativity

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On average, college graduates earn $30,000 more salary per year than high school graduates. ( Getty Images photo via The Conversation CC) Ev...
Friday, October 04, 2024

College student voters are 'propelled by concerns that directly affect them,' such as the economy, global warming

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College students working to get youth registered to vote. (Photo by  Yunuen Bonaparte , Hechinger Report) This year's election issues ha...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Eye-popping college costs vs. what students actually pay; research report looks at higher education comparisons

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Brookings graph, from Department of Education data Younger generations may be bypassing college due to its eye-popping costs, but research s...
Thursday, September 08, 2022

Consumer finances in rural Appalachia have fallen even farther behind the rest of the nation in the last 20 years

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A new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau examines the financial challenges faced by residents of rural counties in Appal...
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Lincoln College, an HBCU in rural Illinois, will be the first U.S. college to close because of a ransomware attack

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Lincoln, the seat of Logan County ( Wikipedia map) Lincoln College in rural Lincoln, Illinois, is set to close its doors Friday, making it...
Friday, June 25, 2021

Quick hits: Rural libraries could become telehealth hubs; book details Black Appalachians' coal camp experiences

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Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should be shared on The Rural Blog, email heather.c...
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Rural community college enrollment has tanked

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Community college enrollment nationwide plummeted an average of 9.5 percent since last March, according to a  recently published study  by t...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Employment rates are dropping for Americans without a college degree; they are disproportionately rural residents

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Change in employment compared to same month in 2019 ( Washington Post map; click on the image to enlarge it) Though employment for all type...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

Racial, ethnic disparities persist in rural education levels

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Educational attainment rates for racial and ethnic minorities have improved over the past two decades, but large gaps persist for rural nonw...
Thursday, October 29, 2020

Fact-checking the presidential campaigns in the final stretch

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With less than a week before Election Day, both presidential campaigns are scrambling to win over undecided voters—sometimes with less-than-...
Friday, July 31, 2020

Quick hits: movement seeks to increase number of young Black farmers; hope outlasts prosperity in oil-bust town

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Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should be shared on The Rural Blog, email us at hea...
Thursday, May 07, 2020

Retired Kansas farmer who sent Gov. Cuomo an N-95 mask granted bachelor's degree from KSU

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Dennis Ruhnke (AP photo by Charlie Riedel) They say one good turn deserves another, and that's exactly what's happening to a ret...
Thursday, March 05, 2020

New study links poor internet connections with lower grades and SAT scores for students in rural Michigan

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A slow internet connection or limited access from home can put rural students behind academically, according to a newly published study fr...
Wednesday, December 04, 2019

Fewer rural students apply to, or get into, medical schools

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The number of students from the rural U.S. who enrolled in medical school dropped 28 percent from 2002 to 2017, according to a newly publi...