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Program Addresses National Challenge: Rural Students Attend College at Lower Rates Than Those in Cities, Suburbs Vermont Business Magazine CFES Brilliant Pathways, a college and career-readiness nonprofit based in Essex, NY, has chosen 20 rural schools in northeastern New York and Vermont for its newly launched North Country Brilliant Pathways program. Seventy-two schools applied for the program, which was announced in April. The initiative, which has a value of $1.5 million, will provide schools with a multi-faceted, comprehensive college readiness program that will put more of their student...

Program addresses widening college gap between rural, urban students Vermont Business Magazine It’s well known that low-income students in urban schools face significant challenges in attending college. But rural students go to college and remain there at even lower rates than their urban counterparts.  A new initiative, the North Country Brilliant Pathways Program, aims to address this under-recognized gap for students at 20 elementary, middle and high schools in rural Vermont and northeastern New York by providing them with a multi-faceted, comprehensive college readiness program.   T...