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The Issue
If you’re just entering the workforce and looking for a job that pays above minimum wage, chances are it requires a college degree or some form of secondary education. But if you grew up in a small town in a rural area, you’re less likely to have that.
Rick Dalton is the CEO of CFES Brilliant Pathways, a national organization that works on college and career readiness. It’s based in the North Country, in the town of Essex in Essex County. Dalton says while students in rural America, like the North Country, graduate high school at relatively
An education advocacy organization based in the Adirondacks is working to raise $1.5 million to help rural students in New York and Vermont go to college.