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Rural, Poor And Working-Class Student Postsecondary Experiences During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Policy Lessons Learned For Supporting Future College Success, Ty C. Mcnamee, Sonja Ardoin, Jenay F.E. Willis
Rural, Poor And Working-Class Student Postsecondary Experiences During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Policy Lessons Learned For Supporting Future College Success, Ty C. Mcnamee, Sonja Ardoin, Jenay F.E. Willis
The Rural Educator
In this policy brief, we use research findings to illuminate experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic of U.S. rural college students from poor and working-class backgrounds. We offer institutional, state, and federal policy lessons gleaned from such experiences. We show how rural, poor and working-class students’ higher education success was impacted by COVID-19 and how the pandemic highlighted and exacerbated existing systemic geographic and social class barriers faced by such students pursuing college. In turn, we hope postsecondary policymakers at the institutional, state, and federal levels can learn from these experiences to better support rural, poor, and working-class students in the …
A Guide To Proactively Navigate Policy Conflict For Rural Educational Leaders, Daniella Sutherland
A Guide To Proactively Navigate Policy Conflict For Rural Educational Leaders, Daniella Sutherland
The Rural Educator
No abstract provided.
Policy Brief: An Interview With U. S. Department Of Education Director Of Rural Engagement Julia Cunningham, Devon Brenner, Julia Cunningham
Policy Brief: An Interview With U. S. Department Of Education Director Of Rural Engagement Julia Cunningham, Devon Brenner, Julia Cunningham
The Rural Educator
Julia Cunningham joined the Department of Education in March 2023 as Director, Rural Engagement in the Office of Communications and Outreach. Recently, Julia sat down with Devon Brenner, editor of The Rural Educator, to talk about her role and resources at the U.S. Department of Education for rural education.
Anti-Queer Policy & Rural Schools: A Framework To Analyze Anti-Queer Policy Implementation In Rural Schools, Clint Whitten, Courtney Thomas
Anti-Queer Policy & Rural Schools: A Framework To Analyze Anti-Queer Policy Implementation In Rural Schools, Clint Whitten, Courtney Thomas
The Rural Educator
No abstract provided.
Dynamic Policy Solutions For Rural El Educators, Elizabeth Thorne Wallington, Adrienne Johnson
Dynamic Policy Solutions For Rural El Educators, Elizabeth Thorne Wallington, Adrienne Johnson
The Rural Educator
No abstract provided.
Commentary: Times Article On Rural School Misses Half The Story—Educational Success, Mara Casey Tieken, Sheneka Williams
Commentary: Times Article On Rural School Misses Half The Story—Educational Success, Mara Casey Tieken, Sheneka Williams
The Rural Educator
Despite lack of funding, rural schools can serve as sites of learning, community, and excellence. We need to understand both the problems and opportunities to make good education policy. This commentary was originally published in the October 6th edition of The Daily Yonder.
A Rural Educator Responds To The Assault On The Capitol, Jesse Longhurst
A Rural Educator Responds To The Assault On The Capitol, Jesse Longhurst
The Rural Educator
Editors’ Note: On January 6, 2021 many of us watched as rioters, some of them armed, climbed over walls, broke windows, and burst through barriers to enter the U.S. Capitol to disrupt the review and counting of electoral votes leading to the certification of the 2020 presidential election. For over three hours, the Capitol building was occupied while Members of Congress and capitol staff took shelter. Social media and news outlets showed images of rioters in congressional offices, armed police defending the door to the Senate floor, and participants, some in clothes celebrating the Holocaust or waiving the Confederate flag, …
Get Connected Now: A Conversation With School Leaders And Policy Makers About Expanding Rural Broadband Access, Tyler Hansford, Wayne Rodolfich, John Conradi, Brandon Presley, Devon Brenner
Get Connected Now: A Conversation With School Leaders And Policy Makers About Expanding Rural Broadband Access, Tyler Hansford, Wayne Rodolfich, John Conradi, Brandon Presley, Devon Brenner
The Rural Educator
At the most recent National Forum to Advance Rural Education in November of 2020, editor Devon Brenner led a panel discussion about current and future efforts to expand broadband access for rural schools and communities with Brandon Presley, Public Service Commissioner for the Northern District of Mississippi; John Conradi, executive director of Connect Americans Now; and two Mississippi school leaders, Wayne Rodolfich, superintendent of the Pascagoula-Gautier School District, and Tyler Hansford, superintendent of Union City School District and chair of the Mississippi Rural Education Association. Their conversation is excerpted here. Some portions have been edited for cohesiveness and clarity.
Rural Education And Election Candidates: Three Questions, Devon Brenner, Catharine Biddle, Erin Mchenry-Sorber
Rural Education And Election Candidates: Three Questions, Devon Brenner, Catharine Biddle, Erin Mchenry-Sorber
The Rural Educator
This issue's policy brief suggests that it is important to evaluate election candidates' platforms and views about rural education and rural communities.
Evaluation Of A Supermarket Environmental Change Intervention: Findings From A Low-Fat Milk Couponing And Educational Marketing Pilot, Allison Karpyn, Barbara Ruhs, Ginnie Sawyer-Morris, Stephanie Weiss, Sara Grajeda, Donna Levine, Punam Ohri-Vachaspati
Evaluation Of A Supermarket Environmental Change Intervention: Findings From A Low-Fat Milk Couponing And Educational Marketing Pilot, Allison Karpyn, Barbara Ruhs, Ginnie Sawyer-Morris, Stephanie Weiss, Sara Grajeda, Donna Levine, Punam Ohri-Vachaspati
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a multifaceted, collaborative approach to supermarket environmental change that included in-store couponing and educational marketing to increase low-fat milk purchasing across a 48-store supermarket chain serving predominately Hispanic customers. Point-of-sale (POS) and process data collected during the 16-week program implementation included in-store radio advertising, in-store signage, and POS coupons. POS data were analyzed by the coupon marketing partner, and a chi-square test was conducted to test for significant differences between groups. POS data indicated that 44,050 low-fat milk coupons were issued to traditional full-fat milk purchasing customers with a redemption rate of …
Why Rural Matters 2018-2019: The Time Is Now: Interview With Authors Jerry Johnson, Daniel Showalter, And Sara Hartman, Erin Mchenry-Sorber
Why Rural Matters 2018-2019: The Time Is Now: Interview With Authors Jerry Johnson, Daniel Showalter, And Sara Hartman, Erin Mchenry-Sorber
The Rural Educator
TRE editor Erin McHenry-Sorber recently spoke with three of the authors of the biennial report on the status of rural education published by the Rural School and Community Trust in partnership with the College Board and AASA: The School Superintendents’ Organization. Why Rural Matters 2018-2019 The Time is Now examines the state of rural education in each of the 50 states in the United States. The authors describe the significance of the report and its implications for policy and practice.
Adapting An Elementary School Nutrition Context Assessment For High School Settings And Students, Deborah H. John, Beret Halverson, Tia H. Ho
Adapting An Elementary School Nutrition Context Assessment For High School Settings And Students, Deborah H. John, Beret Halverson, Tia H. Ho
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
The school nutrition context is comprised of supportive environmental features, programs, policies, and social relationships that shape students’ healthy dietary choices and patterns. When engaging students as change agents, advocates, and partners in making healthy nutrition choices easier, environmental assessment tools developed for adults may be too complex or inappropriately tailored for youth. Adolescents need practical, user-tailored tools that reliably measure the food and beverage environments they encounter in school to inform youth-led changes to the school nutrition context. To meet this need, an evidence-based school environmental assessment was adapted for use in high schools by students as evaluators. Cooperative …
A Summary And Critique Of The Section 5005 Report On Rural Education: Final Report, Devon Brenner
A Summary And Critique Of The Section 5005 Report On Rural Education: Final Report, Devon Brenner
The Rural Educator
A Summary and Critique of the Section 5005 Report on Rural Education: Final Report
Investigating Effectiveness Of Wild Pig Policy And Legislation In The U.S., Andrew Lane Smith
Investigating Effectiveness Of Wild Pig Policy And Legislation In The U.S., Andrew Lane Smith
Theses and Dissertations
The legislative procedures regarding wild pigs in the United States are expanding in scope and priority, however, the uniformity of legislation is entropic at best. Each state addresses the issues of wild pigs differently and treatment is based on a priority of resource concerns. An evaluation was conducted at the national level of federal, state, and local policy with regards to wild pig control. Additionally, successful and unsuccessful legislation is evaluated to determine commonalities in the social, economic, and ecological factors contributing to the success or failure of legislation. Information collected provides state legislatures with sample model legislation that can …
Design And Development Of A Stormwater Policy Decision-Making Tool, Stephanie Joy Sigman
Design And Development Of A Stormwater Policy Decision-Making Tool, Stephanie Joy Sigman
Theses and Dissertations
Municipalities tend to develop their stormwater management policy by examining those of their neighboring communities, chosen out of convenience and perception of similarity rather than a purposeful, directed search. Alternatively, having a policy that is backed by science creates regulations that policy makers can confidently support. To address this issue, the model used in this study incorporates local rainfall and development data to analyze stormwater runoff volumes for various storm events using one year of development data from Chattanooga, Tennessee. The runoff values are used to analyze several policy combinations based on simplified policies, model policies, and customizable policies. Outputs …
The Implementation Of A Promotion/Retention Policy To Effect Change In Student Achievement In Third Grade Reading/Language Arts, Donna N. Shea
The Implementation Of A Promotion/Retention Policy To Effect Change In Student Achievement In Third Grade Reading/Language Arts, Donna N. Shea
Theses and Dissertations
For decades there has been an ongoing push to increase student achievement through large-scale policy reform and yet far too many students in the United States still perform below proficiency levels with achievement gaps according to race and socio-economic status. Choctaw County School District (CCSD) was no different, as low performance, especially in reading/language arts, and achievement gaps according to race and SES were present. To address these issues, CCSD implemented a K-2 promotion/retention policy in 2008 to improve student achievement. The primary purpose of the study was to investigate how a school district’s implementation of a K-2 policy for …
An Exploration Of Hepatitis Polices And Prevalence In Prison: An Ecological Approach, Kristen Lynn Stives
An Exploration Of Hepatitis Polices And Prevalence In Prison: An Ecological Approach, Kristen Lynn Stives
Theses and Dissertations
Hepatitis is an infectious disease that affects millions of people worldwide. The current project seeks to achieve two objectives: 1) To understand how hepatitis policies affect hepatitis prevalence in prison, and 2) To understand how hepatitis prevalence in prison affects the general population. Using a content analysis of correctional policies available through each state Department of Corrections (DOC) and secondary data from the 2010 Census, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Corrections Compendium; hepatitis prevalence and policies are analyzed. The content analysis employed for this study revealed that some states have more comprehensive policies than others. However, all states …
Placing The Standards, Eric Freeman
Placing The Standards, Eric Freeman
The Rural Educator
Rural areas in many parts of the U.S. experience population decline from outmigration. Geographic mobility has long been a contributing factor to the social and economic instability of rural communities; high-achieving and ambitious youth are inclined to leave rural areas to take advantage of the expansive economic opportunities and cultural and lifestyle amenities typically found in metropolitan locations. Here I review 20 years of research on rural population loss and migration theory to anticipate how patterns of rural youth mobility might intersect with the Common Core State Standards’ emphasis on preparing high-school students to be career and college ready. Given …
Determining Willingness To Adopt Mechanical Harvesters Among Southeastern Blueberry Farmers, Aaron Dillon Rodgers
Determining Willingness To Adopt Mechanical Harvesters Among Southeastern Blueberry Farmers, Aaron Dillon Rodgers
Theses and Dissertations
Recent technological innovations allow Southeastern blueberry farmers to machine harvest highly profitable fresh-market berries with marginally equivalent quality as labor intensive hand harvesting, drastically reducing labor costs while minimally increasing equipment costs. Concurrent with these innovations, the largest blueberry producing Southeastern states of North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi have proposed statewide legislation affecting immigrant status and enforcement, leading to documented labor shortages and wage volatility among seasonal agricultural laborers. Using survey information, this study uses ex-post and ex-ante logit regression models to determine if machine harvester technology (MHT) adoption is explained by human capital variables, production differences, risk preferences, …
Annual Review Of Lecturers, Office Of The Provost And Executive Vice President, Mississippi State University
Annual Review Of Lecturers, Office Of The Provost And Executive Vice President, Mississippi State University
Accreditation
No abstract provided.
Mississippi State University Libraries Diversity Policy, Ladonne Delgado
Mississippi State University Libraries Diversity Policy, Ladonne Delgado
Policies and Procedures
The MSU Libraries are committed to promoting a working and learning environment free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or group affiliation, age, gender, disability, genetic information, marital status, or veteran status. The Libraries are committed to building and maintaining a diverse workforce which is representative of the availability of individuals with requisite skills in each component of the organization: management, faculty, staff, and student assistants. The Libraries are also committed to specific actions in recruiting, training, and mentoring which will contribute to this objective, and to fostering a work environment which will …
Bylaws Of The Mississippi State University Alumni Association, Alumni Association, Mississippi State University
Bylaws Of The Mississippi State University Alumni Association, Alumni Association, Mississippi State University
MSU Alumni Association organizational records
No abstract provided.
Constitution Of The Mississippi State University Alumni Association, Alumni Association, Mississippi State University
Constitution Of The Mississippi State University Alumni Association, Alumni Association, Mississippi State University
MSU Alumni Association organizational records
No abstract provided.
An Approach For Communities To Assess Stormwater Application And Detention Requirements For Overall Watershed Health, Katherine Therese Lunstrum
An Approach For Communities To Assess Stormwater Application And Detention Requirements For Overall Watershed Health, Katherine Therese Lunstrum
Theses and Dissertations
One of the many issues communities will face when trying to protect their local watershed is the lack of background their policy makers have in environmental protection and watershed health. The purpose of this study is to test a range of on-site stormwater management policies against a selection of new development projects from a specific small city of the United States in order to determine what combination of policies works best in a particular urban environment. Three policies were selected to test the range of stormwater approaches being used in the United States. These policies were then measured in a …
The Future Of Energy In Mississippi: Policy And Politics, Nicholas Luke Fowler
The Future Of Energy In Mississippi: Policy And Politics, Nicholas Luke Fowler
Theses and Dissertations
This study analyzes the elements surrounding renewable energy development in Mississippi, with emphasis on the aspects related to government intervention. This study addresses the question: how can energy policy in the state of Mississippi support a transition from fossil fuels to non-traditional sources of energy? Drawing from existing literature, renewable energy was analyzed on the cost, development, and environmental concerns, while GIS analysis was utilized to determine generation capacity. Additionally, literature was reviewed to indicate the effectiveness of policy instruments in promoting renewable energy. Finally, the political influences that may affect renewable energy development or policy formulation were analyzed through …
Degree Program Coordinators, Office Of The Provost And Executive Vice President, Mississippi State University
Degree Program Coordinators, Office Of The Provost And Executive Vice President, Mississippi State University
Accreditation
No abstract provided.
Killing Mayberry: The Crisis In Rural American Education, James A. Bryant Jr.
Killing Mayberry: The Crisis In Rural American Education, James A. Bryant Jr.
The Rural Educator
The article provides an overview of the turbulent and challenging times facing teachers and administrators in rural schools. The article examines literature from over the past decade to paint a full picture of the economic and social pressures exerting themselves in rural America and the impact these forces are having in rural schools. This work argues that rural education has been ignored too long by policy makers and even many Americans, and that this crime of omission has had disastrous consequences for many small communities. The article concludes with an examination of some of the tentative but hopeful steps that …