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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors

The Hechinger Report

The cuts “take away from us, our education.” Rural Americans already have far less access to higher education than their counterparts in cities and suburbs. Related: Interested in innovations in higher education? Subscribe to Hechinger’s free biweekly higher education newsletter. That kind of frustration is growing.

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In Memoriam: Renowned Political Scientist and former APSA President, Dr. Matthew Holden, Jr., Passes Away

Political Science Now

renowned political scientist, distinguished educator, and cherished mentor, passed away on January 26, 2025, at the age of 93. Holdens contributions to the field of political science and his commitment to justice and equity have left an indelible mark on academia and beyond. Matthew Holden Jr. Matthew Holden Jr.

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College Uncovered: The Rural Higher Education Blues

The Hechinger Report

Rural young people who aspire to a higher education have long had fewer choices than their urban and suburban counterparts, contributing to far lower rates of college-going. People in rural America already have far less access to higher education than people in cities and suburbs. Kirk: So how can we close these gaps?

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From private to public school: A college counselor straddles an economic divide

The Hechinger Report

Ward is unusual, too, because she had made the leap from college admissions to private school to public school, and she is trying to bring the individualized approach of private college counseling to large, economically diverse public schools where she can make a bigger difference. Sign up for our higher education newsletter.

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Curricular Innovations in Political Science at Community Colleges: APSA’s Committee on the Status of Community Colleges Virtual Workshop Series

Political Science Now

Curricular innovations include utilizing new textbooks or workbooks, creating a new active learning experience, and utilizing APSA Educate resources to improve face-to-face or online learning environments. She has been a Political Science educator for twenty-four years.

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Learn how Political Science Students are Improving Wikipedia

MPSA

Helaine Blumenthal, Wiki Education For the past several years, MPSA has been partnering with Wiki Education to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of topics related to Political Science. Wiki Education supports faculty at institutions of higher education in the U.S. Helaine has a Ph.D.

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How to raise rural enrollment in higher education? Go local

The Hechinger Report

That’s a problem because the data don’t lie: Two-thirds of all jobs and 80 percent of all “good” jobs (paying a median wage of $65,000) demand a postsecondary credential, according to research by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. Having done farm work as a teen, Ayers agreed. To do this, Ayers spends about $4.7

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