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ERIC ED600660: Innovative Strategies to Close Postsecondary Attainm... |
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Nearly 41 million American adults live 25 miles or more |
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from the nearest university or college, or in areas where |
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only a single community college offers accessible public |
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higher education. This physical isolation leads to stark |
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economic inequities, where the wealthiest 10 percent of |
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the nation's zip codes are considered "college-rich" |
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metro areas while a majority of the poorest zip codes are |
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classified as rural. As employers across the country |
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continue to struggle to fill vacancies with a workforce |
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that does not have the postsecondary training required |
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for the majority of the nation's future jobs, rural |
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residents in particular face significant challenges in |
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achieving upward economic mobility. Furthermore, the |
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restricted access to educational opportunity impacts |
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rural communities' economic development as they lack the |
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business and cultural amenities that higher education |
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institutions often generate in more densely-populated |
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areas. Fortunately, there are several rural communities |
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across the nation that have more recently committed to |
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expanding postsecondary opportunities for their residents |
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and are seeing early and exciting success due to their |
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innovative strategies. This guidebook outlines three |
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leading strategies that have yielded promise in four such |
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communities--Columbus, IN; Elkhart County, IN; Rio Grande |
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Valley, TX; Shasta County, CA--that have been designated |
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as "Talent Hub" Communities primarily for their ability |
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to truly work across different sectors to significantly |
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increase college-level learning among residents of all |
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backgrounds. Each community emphasized: (1) the |
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importance of understanding the specific postsecondary |
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barriers their respective populations faced; (2) the |
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critical need for higher education to be creative in |
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challenging its traditional methods of recruiting and |
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serving students; and (3) needing to intentionally form |
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partnerships between education and workforce stakeholders |
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to lead to more positive outcomes for not only students |
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but the community at large. This guidebook outlines these |
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three strategies, with excerpts from in-depth |
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conversations with each community, and concludes by |
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sharing key recommendations and advice from these four |
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Talent Hubs for likeminded rural communities who are |
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interested in raising their attainment rates and revving |
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their engines of economic growth. |
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Date Published: 2022-07-18 07:33:51 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED600660 |
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Item Size: 10390379 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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