Rural Communities
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Rural America’s “brain drain”: How student debt is emptying small towns
Adults with student loans are less likely to remain in rural areas than those without it, and adults with the highest student loan balances are the most likely to migrate to cities.
Student debt is depleting rural America
College students from rural areas are moving to big cities for higher wages to help pay off their student loans, according to new research from the Federal Reserve.
Rural Investments Could Be the Next ‘Big Opportunity,’ Former USDA Official Says
Rural America’s slow recovery from the Great Recession isn’t entirely bad news, says the founder of the Rural Opportunity Initiative. For smart public and private investors, it could provide a chance to get ahead of the pack.
Storm Lake, Iowa: A Study in Rural Resilience, Diversity and Hope
Its public-school students speak 23 languages. It still has two newspapers, one of which won a Pulitzer Prize. Art Cullen shows the complexity of today’s rural America in the book Storm Lake.