Rural Economics /tags/rural-economics Rural Economics en-US Copyright Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:30:23 GMT 'Easy to just write us off': Rural students' options shrink as colleges slash majors /education/2024-12-23/unc-greensboro-rural-students-colleges-slash-majors-open-campus Many of the comparatively few universities that serve rural students are eliminating large numbers of programs and majors, blaming plummeting enrollment and resulting financial crises. Nationwide, college enrollment has declined by 2 million students, or 10 percent, in the 10 years ending in 2022, hitting rural schools particularly hard. An increasing number of rural private, nonprofit colleges are not only cutting majors, but closing altogether. Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:30:23 GMT /education/2024-12-23/unc-greensboro-rural-students-colleges-slash-majors-open-campus Brianna Atkinson In Chatham County, it's 'growth, growth, growth.' But will Biden reap the benefit? /business-economy/2024-05-28/wolfspeed-vinfast-chatham-county-growth-biden-benefit-siler-city Just 81,000 people live in rural Chatham County in North Carolina, where there are more than 1,000 farms. But life is changing. The new Wolfspeed factory that overlooks I-64 will soon produce advanced wafers for computer chips. Automaker Vinfast is scheduled to open a factory next year. Both projects stem in large part from incentives that President Joe Biden signed into law. Tue, 28 May 2024 12:48:13 GMT /business-economy/2024-05-28/wolfspeed-vinfast-chatham-county-growth-biden-benefit-siler-city Associated Press Meet NC’s Mayors — Charles Townsend Of Fairmont /politics/2020-05-20/meet-ncs-mayors-charles-townsend-of-fairmont Summers were spent at his father’s gas station. Charles Townsend met all sorts of folks while manning the ice house. In the muggy lowlands of Robeson… Wed, 20 May 2020 15:52:20 GMT /politics/2020-05-20/meet-ncs-mayors-charles-townsend-of-fairmont Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio Meet NC’s Mayors — Charles Townsend Of Fairmont /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-20/meet-ncs-mayors-charles-townsend-of-fairmont Summers were spent at his father’s gas station. Charles Townsend met all sorts of folks while manning the ice house. In the muggy lowlands of Robeson… Wed, 20 May 2020 15:52:20 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-20/meet-ncs-mayors-charles-townsend-of-fairmont Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio