Nationwide, 16 percent of charter schools are rural. Yet, somehow these key players are often overlooked.
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A recent study from the Tisch College of Civil Life at Tufts looks at millennials’ civic engagement – and finds some cause for concern in rural, suburban and urban areas.
More and more people are talking about the ‘rural-urban divide,’ but what does that phrase actually mean? We asked experts from around the country to illustrate the gap in graphs and maps.
The number of prisons in the US swelled between 1970 and 2000, from 511 to nearly 1,663. Here’s the story of why one town in Arkansas welcomed a correction facility.
Giving rural residents the option of using broadband access isn’t enough to boost their community involvement. To really improve civic engagement, rural dwellers need to use the internet.
With little action at the national level on climate change, state and city officials are taking the lead – but by emphasizing local benefits.
Republicans in Congress are working to kill an Obama administration rule that broadens public input into federal land use planning. Hunters, fishermen, hikers and environmental groups are opposed.
Nine out of 10 rural places experienced increases in diversity from 1990 to 2010. Data show a more diverse future is guaranteed across all of America, and there’s no going back.
‘Rural America’ is a deceptively simple term for a remarkably diverse collection of places. Understanding – and improving – these parts of the country is critical for all Americans.
Are you part of the 86 percent of Americans who do not live in rural America? Here’s why Trump’s choice to lead the USDA matters to you.
Top contributors
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Director of the Southern Rural Development Center & Professor of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University
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Project Director, RTC: Rural, University of Montana
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Professor of Economics, Colorado State University
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Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management; Co-director of the Bioeconomy Institute; Director C-CHANGE, Iowa State University
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Assistant Professor of History, University of Oregon
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Economic Development Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor and Neustadt Chair, Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Rural Sociology and Science, Technology, and Society, Penn State
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Professor of Anthropology, The College of Wooster
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Professor of Environmental Science & Policy, University of North Dakota
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Director of the Drake Agricultural Law Center; Assistant Professor of Law, Drake University
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Professor of Sociology and Demography, Penn State
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Professor of Sociology and Senior Demographer, University of New Hampshire
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Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography, Penn State
