Rural students’ options shrink as colleges slash majors
Dec 11, 2024
As enrollments fall, rural-serving universities are shedding degree programs ranging from music to chemistry.“We are asking rural folks to accept a ...
What a decline in rural colleges means for rural communities
Aug 11, 2023
Dr. Andrew Koricich, executive director of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges and associate professor of higher education, was interviewed...
1A Remaking America: The future of higher education
Jun 6, 2023
It’s graduation season, which means a lot of teenagers are thinking about their futures after high school. We recently traveled to Wichita, Kansas,&...
2023 Reich College of Education Award Recipients Named
May 30, 2023
Eight faculty and staff members of Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education (RCOE), along with the Mentoring Guild faculty, were re...
Crass Joins RCOE Staff
May 2, 2023
Mary Beth Crass has joined the Reich College of Education (RCOE) as an administrative support specialist in the Alliance for Research on Regional Coll...
New group looks to redefine rural higher education policy
Feb 1, 2022
The Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges (ARRC) is a cross-institutional research collaborative with Appalachian State University's Reich C...
Researchers support rural-serving colleges and universities from new center at App State
Aug 4, 2021
A research collaborative and resource hub dedicated to advancing research and providing insight into the role of regional and rural-serving colleges a...
App State higher education professor helps create, co-directs Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges
Apr 9, 2021
Exploring and explaining rural-serving higher education institutions and the roles they play regionally across the U.S. is the focus of the Allia...