‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors
As enrollments fall, rural-serving universities are shedding a huge number of programs by JON MARCUS, BRIANNA ATKINSON, MOLLY MINTA and AMY MORONA CLEVELAND, Miss. — Although she won a scholarship to Mississippi State University, two hours’ drive away, Shamya Jones couldn’t get there because she had a new baby and no car. So she enrolled instead at a local community college, then transferred to the four-year campus closest to her home in the rural Mississippi Delta — Delta State University. She planned to major in digital media arts, but before she could start, Delta State eliminated that major, along with 20 other degree programs, including history, […]
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