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Paul Toomey is the President of Geographic Solutions. He's an expert in labor market data, workforce development and unemployment insurance. I see workforce development in rural America at a ...

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, ...

Medicare Advantage (MA) now covers more than half of all Medicare beneficiaries. In rural areas, enrollment of Medicare beneficiaries in MA has surged from 11 percent in 2010 to 40 percent in 2023.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) — Bill Menner wants to give rural Iowans the tools they need to help their communities thrive. “If you ask the average person, ‘What’s going on in small towns?’ Whether it’s Iowa ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Mexico working to stabilize rural health care ...

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, ...