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In many cases, the key to housing problems in rural communities could be the already existing stock. Strategies on how to tap into that resource is often the missing puzzle piece to a solution. Rural ...

A recent study led by alumna Jodee A. Prudente, Ph.D., BCBA-D, principal at Marvin Picollo School, and MaryAnn Demchak, Ph.D., BCBA-D, professor of special education at the University of Nevada, Reno, ...

How do we build thriving rural communities in the 21st century? The labor-intensive, extractive industries paradigm that has long powered rural economies—think agriculture, manufacturing, mining, ...

Rural communities are essential to the nation’s social, economic, and scientific future. Yet when it comes to STEM education and workforce development, these communities are often underserved, ...

The influx of dollar stores into the rural landscape can have a devastating effect on grocery stores and other small businesses in rural areas, research has found. When dollar stores move into a rural ...

An effective education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) both develops STEM literacy skills and can prepare students for high-quality, well-paying careers. There have been ...

High Point CEO Katie Newman outlines a strategic capital approach to funding rural hospitals and community health facilities, leveraging grants, New Markets Tax Credits, and layered financing to ...

MANKATO — Emily Thompson’s patients really do their homework. Thompson, clinical social worker at Mankato Clinic Family Medicine, said “a lot of times my patients are requesting me because I am a ...

As per the Economic Survey, 65 percent of the country's population lives in rural India. The government is constantly focusing on improving the quality of life in rural areas to ensure more equitable ...