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Morrisey targeted DEI at colleges. West Virginia’s historically black universities said they won’t change.
June 13, 2025
Founded when officials kept education segregated, West Virginia’s Black universities told the governor that they remain committed to diversity and inclusion.
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For Rural Students, Going to College is Not Easy
June 11, 2025
A professor of education examines the barriers to higher ed that rural students face.
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Town hall focuses on local impacts of federal spending cuts — so far
June 09, 2025
As federal cuts ripple through higher ed, Ithaca leaders warn that attacks on elite institutions like Dartmouth threaten not just academia—but entire communities built around them.
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Valley program shows rural students the value of careers in STEM
June 06, 2025
For rural communities like Firebaugh, it’s crucial that community colleges have a strong presence to encourage a “college-going culture” and demystify the route to higher education.
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Alaska Board of Education adopts reading standards for Alaska Native languages
June 05, 2025
This means students from kindergarten to third grade can have their reading skills evaluated in an Alaska Native language instead of in English.
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Community rallies to revive RFHS greenhouse and garden
June 04, 2025
This group hopes the community will get engaged as they see fit.
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‘It’s absolutely horrible’: Federal shutdown of Northlands Job Corps leaves students and city reeling
June 04, 2025
The shutdowns have alarmed officials and students in Vergennes, who fear the program’s end could uproot the lives of its more than a hundred students and hurt the local economy.
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Federal funding dispute threatens rural library book-share service
June 03, 2025
Libraries in Hood River, Wasco and 13 other rural Oregon counties are trying to figure out how to pay for a service that lets them share books, movies and music that patrons request.
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Analysis: Lower turnout, fading budget conservatism in Ithaca school district election
June 02, 2025
The voter energy that drove last May’s record turnout largely failed to materialize during the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) elections earlier this month.
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Amid rising education costs, a rural Maine town weighs leaving its school district
May 31, 2025
Embden is debating whether to start the process of withdrawing from its school district.
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Kauaʻi Tackles Child Care Crisis With New Spaces And Baby-Friendly Workplaces
May 30, 2025
Solving the problem is seen as an important step in helping recruit and retain much-needed workers on the Garden Island. Initiatives could be models for the rest of the state.
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Brookings teen makes it to 3rd round of national spelling bee
May 30, 2025
Amanuel Gemechis, a 14-year-old student at George S. Mickelson Middle School in Brookings, earned the trip by out-spelling 27 other elementary and middle schoolers in March at the state spelling bee in Mitchell.
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Homeless Seminole County students surge 32% in two years
May 22, 2025
‘Mama, I have trauma’: What one mother’s story shows in the world of secretly homeless students in Seminole County.
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Maine’s heat pump boom has been promising for rural workforce development. Can it last?
May 22, 2025
Maine has had success in adopting heat pumps across the state, and jobs have grown quickly — particularly in rural areas. But as the state approaches big deadlines for heat pump installation and bolstering its clean energy workforce, uncertainties lie ahead.
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Sonoma-Mendocino geothermal energy project could accelerate demand for clean energy workers
May 21, 2025
A plan to nearly double the amount of electricity drawn from naturally occurring heat deep below Mendocino and Sonoma counties could create thousands of new jobs in the region.
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