A survey by The RP Group found that rural community college students are ambitious, but are often unfamiliar with the transfer process or lack the means to relocate.

The Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation (EPE) in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky invites applications and nominations for a tenure-eligible Assistant Profess...

About 60 million individuals—roughly 19 percent of the US population—live in rural areas. Rural students graduate high school at higher rates than the national average (90 percent, compared to 87 perc...

The Community College Insights series provides deep-dive analysis and commentary on the latest data, research and policy updates from the Richmond Fed's Community College Initiative.

Some of the nation's most selective institutions are slowly increasing their rural enrollment with the help of millions of dollars from a rural alumnus of the University of Chicago.

Efforts to get rural students into college would end if the government cuts federal funding to access programs including TRIO, according to Mara Tieken, a professor of education at Bates College whose...

Q&A: Chico State students serve as ambassadors for their rural peers.

We need federal leadership to build on short-term Pell Grants and expand rural middle-skills pathways.

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a

The Handbook provides thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics to the higher education scholarly and policy communities.

A bipartisan 2026 spending proposal from both legislative chambers would preserve funding for a litany of student support programs.

This special issue explores queering rural education. It was edited by guest editors Darris R. Means, Leia K. Cain, and Ty C. McNamee and is a collaboration between the Journal of Research in Rural Education and the Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education.

Rural regions are expected to see increases in high-school seniors. But the sector has had trouble reaching them.