Entry Credit

• Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report

About the Entry

Matt Krupnick’s on-the-ground higher education coverage includes a long-term project on the failure of rural colleges to offer useful vocational programs that meet local employment needs, and an in-depth look at the difficult environment challenging California colleges and universities to attract local students.

• Rural Colleges Aren’t Supplying the Workers Rural Businesses and Agriculture Need

• As Jobs Grow Hard to Fill, Businesses Join the Drive to Push Rural Residents Toward College

• High School Graduation Rates for One Important Group are Starting to Get Better

• As College Enrollment Falls, Recruiters Descend on a State that Still Has Lots of Applicants

Comments from the Judges

“This entry shines a light on little-known education issues. I couldn’t stop reading, especially his piece on rural colleges. It is clear that he has immense respect for his subjects.”

“Great job putting a face to crucial higher education trends, adding a different dimension to those that have been often discussed and explaining relatively under-reported phenomena.”

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