Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges

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 ...

Andrew Koricich

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,&...

Mary Beth Crass

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...

Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges - ARRC A Center at Appalachian State University

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...

The logo of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges (ARRC), which is housed in Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education. Image courtesy of ARRC

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...

Andrew Koricich

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...