November 3, 2006

Rural Students: Common Obstacles, Different Settings

Students from remote, rural regions confront many obstacles in their pursuit of higher education — including difficulties just getting to classes and a lack of preparation for college-level work. Those challenges, while often similar for rural students throughout America, can play out in different ways depending on the region in which the students live. Rural students in Appalachia, for instance, generally come from different racial and cultural backgrounds, and can have different

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