/tags/rural-education Rural Education en-US Copyright Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:30:23 GMT /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 /education/2024-11-26/nc-a-t-state-university-ai-literacy-google The HBCU recently became the first public university to offer a degree in artificial intelligence. Educators at the university are also working to expand AI literacy to those under 18. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:33:38 GMT /education/2024-11-26/nc-a-t-state-university-ai-literacy-google Brianna Atkinson /education/2024-09-20/cooper-veto-private-school-vouchers-harm-rural-schools Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Friday that would commit more than $6 billion in funding to private school vouchers over the next decade, and made the case that it would harm rural schools. Fri, 20 Sep 2024 20:16:02 GMT /education/2024-09-20/cooper-veto-private-school-vouchers-harm-rural-schools Liz Schlemmer /education/2023-12-28/hbcu-minority-serving-institutions-north-carolina-bioprocessing-training Seven regional hubs will be located at a mix of public and private HBCUs, and the state’s only Historically American Indian University. Thu, 28 Dec 2023 16:18:58 GMT /education/2023-12-28/hbcu-minority-serving-institutions-north-carolina-bioprocessing-training Brianna Atkinson /education/2021-01-27/report-rural-public-colleges-are-underfunded A new report by the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges has found that rural public colleges are underfunded compared to their peers.The report… Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:44:30 GMT /education/2021-01-27/report-rural-public-colleges-are-underfunded Liz Schlemmer /education/2017-05-16/digital-learning-threatens-to-leave-some-students-behind North Carolina lawmakers are banking on the benefits of digital learning. Four years ago they passed legislation requiring that state funding for… Tue, 16 May 2017 12:55:24 GMT /education/2017-05-16/digital-learning-threatens-to-leave-some-students-behind Lisa Philip /business-economy/2016-04-07/report-two-thirds-of-poor-nc-kids-arent-reaching-middle-class North Carolinians are having more trouble attaining the American Dream, according to a new report from Durham-based research center MDC and the John M.… Thu, 07 Apr 2016 20:55:20 GMT /business-economy/2016-04-07/report-two-thirds-of-poor-nc-kids-arent-reaching-middle-class Rebecca Martinez /arts-culture/2016-04-07/raising-bertie-premieres-at-full-frame-documentary-film-festival Thousands of documentary film-lovers are in Durham this week for the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Close to 100 films from around the world will… Thu, 07 Apr 2016 11:28:21 GMT /arts-culture/2016-04-07/raising-bertie-premieres-at-full-frame-documentary-film-festival Leoneda Inge /education/2016-03-23/perils-and-promise-rural-education-in-north-carolina Rural areas of North Carolina are not seeing the benefits of the economic recovery that are apparent in places like the Triangle, Triad or Charlotte.The… Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:16:05 GMT /education/2016-03-23/perils-and-promise-rural-education-in-north-carolina Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-03-23/perils-and-promise-rural-education-in-north-carolina Rural areas of North Carolina are not seeing the benefits of the economic recovery that are apparent in places like the Triangle, Triad or Charlotte.The… Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:16:05 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-03-23/perils-and-promise-rural-education-in-north-carolina Will Michaels, Frank Stasio