Challenges persist once small-town students get to college: They may feel isolated or overwhelmed on a large, bustling campus. The goal of the STARS College Network is to get students from rural ...

Small religious schools in rural states are shutting down at an accelerating rate, a fate these two are attempting to avoid. “Lord, hear our prayer,” responded the congregation of students in ...

Students walk on the California State University, Chico campus. The university has been adding resources specifically for rural students, part of a small but growing national effort to give rural ...

At a small rural liberal arts college in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, one professor and a small group of students are hoping to increase young voter engagement against the odds. Dr. Bobbi Gentry, an ...

Small, rural, tuition-dependent and religiously affiliated institutions such as Chatfield College, whose shuttered campus is shown here, have been particularly hard hit by an ongoing enrollment ...

Until fairly recently, most college recruiters saw rural schools as too remote, and too small, to justify travel expenses. While an urban high school might see hundreds of recruiters, a rural one ...

Enrollment of students from small towns and rural communities in the College has grown more than 80 percent since 2018. “STARS is all about meeting students where they are and giving them the tools to ...

Founded in April 2023 by a coalition of 16 American colleges, STARS works to support the 9.7 million high school students from rural America in enrolling in and graduating from college.

AKITA--A single-department college nestled in a fairly remote forest in this northern prefecture has become a leading hunting ground for top talent in Japan. The campus of Akita International ...

The college lost nine faculty members out of about 40 in the restructuring; among the other changes to operations, the college’s primary savings came from making its janitorial, campus-safety ...

At the same time, rural and small-town students often bring unique and valuable perspectives to campus. There is a strong correlation between students from rural and small-town areas and those who are ...

Last summer 16 institutions formed the STARS network to open their doors to more rural and small-town students. Now, thanks to a generous donation, it’s doubling in size. Since its founding last year, ...