Lack of affordable housing makes it almost impossible to recruit out-of-towners to rural communities like Ravalli County, and the in-town workforce is drying up. Montana and other states hope more flexible, skills-based education systems can root out, and then meet, specific and sometimes surprising education needs.
Author Archives: Nick Fouriezos, Open Campus
Nick Fouriezos is a staff reporter for Open Campus, a nonprofit newsroom focused on higher education, where he covers colleges’ role in rural America.