Supporting College Students in Rural Areas

Both college-going and college completion rates are far lower in rural areas than in other geographical settings. To learn what works to help rural students enroll in and complete college, MDRC, supported by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), has launch ed the National Rural Higher Education Research Center. The c enter will work with college systems to conduct eight research studies in two regions : the South and the Mountain West . In this episode, Leigh Parise talks with Alyssa Ratledge , r esearch a ssociate at MDRC, about the research questions the Center will address in response to the needs of rur al practitioners and policymakers.

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Supporting College Students in Rural Areas is an episode from Evidence First by MDRC.

This episode is 17:00 long.

This episode was published on Nov 13, 2024.

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