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Nicholas Fouriezos
Building the rural doctor pipeline

Sep 26, 2025

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7 min read

Building the rural doctor pipeline

How immersive apprenticeships can support homegrown medicine

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
Scaling rural wellness with clever collaboration

Sep 12, 2025

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7 min read

Scaling rural wellness with clever collaboration

From hive minds to climbing gyms, 10 small rural colleges share mental health insights

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
Hidden challenges for rural students attending selective colleges

Aug 29, 2025

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9 min read

Hidden challenges for rural students attending selective colleges

New research explores how geography shapes the college experience

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
How a 10-Year-Old Farmer Got a Full-Ride Scholarship

Aug 8, 2025

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7 min read

How a 10-Year-Old Farmer Got a Full-Ride Scholarship

''I want at least 100 acres. And I want a longhorn, baby.'

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
Are rural extensions being under-utilized?

Jul 25, 2025

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7 min read

Are rural extensions being under-utilized?

Expanding the programs beyond agriculture could help universities balance rural-urban needs.

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
How Trump's Policies are Impacting Rural Colleges

Jul 11, 2025

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8 min read

How Trump's Policies are Impacting Rural Colleges

The AASCU's Chuck Welch examines "The Big Beautiful Bill" and student visa crackdowns.

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
Beyond just advising in rural colleges

Jun 13, 2025

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7 min read

Beyond just advising in rural colleges

How Oregon Tech is using personal coaches to help students navigate everything from disabilities to life transitions

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
A Second Chance Through Farming

May 30, 2025

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8 min read

A Second Chance Through Farming

A program meant for farm workers is helping formerly incarcerated students, too.

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
A Workforce Training Standard in Rural Alabama

May 9, 2025

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6 min read

A Workforce Training Standard in Rural Alabama

Studying transformative results at Wallace State Community College

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
This college refused to graduate students into poverty

Apr 25, 2025

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7 min read

This college refused to graduate students into poverty

How a powerful promise reset a Wisconsin tech school's curriculum and outcomes

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
Gen Z turns to the GED

Apr 11, 2025

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6 min read

Gen Z turns to the GED

From last resort to a strategic choice to enter the workforce earlier

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
What a New PBS Doc Reveals About Advising's Value

Mar 28, 2025

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7 min read

What a New PBS Doc Reveals About Advising's Value

A Q&A with Nicole Hurd, founder of College Advising Corps and Lafayette College President

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
What happens when you tell an 8th grader they aren't college material?

Mar 14, 2025

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8 min read

What happens when you tell an 8th grader they aren't college material?

And other questions worth asking about dual enrollment

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
How rural portraits led Utah's education shift

Feb 28, 2025

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10 min read

How rural portraits led Utah's education shift

Outgoing superintendent Sydnee Dickson reflects on rural education and success.

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
Rural research at risk under Trump

Feb 14, 2025

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8 min read

Rural research at risk under Trump

A "small, mighty, crew"of rural higher ed researchers brace for impact

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
Rethinking everything to better capture rural success

Jan 31, 2025

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9 min read

Rethinking everything to better capture rural success

In this Q&A, Tim Knowles outlines how Carnegie is re-examining our education system.

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
How rural towns can tap their flagship

Jan 17, 2025

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7 min read

How rural towns can tap their flagship

Indiana University shows the myriad ways a state flagship can support rural needs

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
Is college the future of farming?

Dec 20, 2024

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8 min read

Is college the future of farming?

Farm workers adapt to new technology in the dusty Central Valley of California.

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
Why rural students feel like it's 'easy to write us off'

Dec 6, 2024

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8 min read

Why rural students feel like it's 'easy to write us off'

As budget cuts continue across the nation, rural frustration sets in.

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
In rural America, VR courses offer a chance at equity

Nov 15, 2024

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8 min read

In rural America, VR courses offer a chance at equity

An immersive program birthed in Hollywood finds resonance from rural Missouri to California

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
This election season, rural students could benefit from a local touch

Nov 1, 2024

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8 min read

This election season, rural students could benefit from a local touch

School segregation, vouchers, and limited funding are pressing issues

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
What contrarian songs and rural surveys say about November

Oct 18, 2024

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8 min read

What contrarian songs and rural surveys say about November

There’s a clear tie between civic engagement and voter turnout among rural Americans

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
Rural lessons in Buddhist schools and Tomb Raider temples

Sep 27, 2024

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7 min read

Rural lessons in Buddhist schools and Tomb Raider temples

After a genocide of the educated, Cambodia shows education’s promise and peril

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
Where Do Rural Americans Learn About Life After High School?

Aug 30, 2024

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9 min read

Where Do Rural Americans Learn About Life After High School?

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
Partnering to help rural students in South Texas

Aug 16, 2024

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7 min read

Partnering to help rural students in South Texas

Nicholas Fouriezos
Nicholas Fouriezos
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