Rural students

Rural-serving colleges and universities are working to improve how they recruit—and meet the needs of—rural high school seniors, a population that has been difficult for higher education to reach.

Small religious colleges are working together to keep their doors open to the low-income, rural students they serve, according to The Hechinger Report.

An increasing number of states are allowing their community colleges to offer bachelor’s degree programs, creating new avenues to higher education for rural students.

U.S. colleges and universities are working to improve outreach to a group they have long neglected: Latine students.

Struggling rural colleges and universities are ending dozens of programs, leaving local students with fewer choices than their urban and suburban counterparts.

Higher education experts speaking at a recent conference urged U.S. colleges and universities to improve their outreach to small-town and rural students and strengthen pathways to a college degree.

Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce finds that rural adults are just as likely as urban adults to have good jobs, many in blue-collar occupations that do not require…

U.S. colleges and universities are working to boost the socioeconomic diversity of their incoming classes by strengthening pathways to college success for small-town and rural students.

Black students in rural communities face complex hurdles to postsecondary education, including higher-than-average poverty. One group is partnering with colleges and universities across the country to bridge those gaps.

Students from rural communities face multiple barriers to higher education, including long commutes, financial strain, and a lack of academic support. New programs are finding ways to shrink those obstacles.