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Volume 42, Number 3 (2021)

Research Articles

Will They Stay or Will They Go? Leadership Behaviors That Increase Teacher Retention in Rural Schools
Matthew Frahm and Marie Cianca

ESL Programs in Rural High Schools: Challenges and Opportunities
Todd Ruecker

Exploring Rural Engineering Students’ College-Choice Process at Two Land-Grant Universities
Rachel Worsham, Ashley Clayton, and Joy Gaston Graves

Rural Principal Perspectives of Leadership Development Needs
Tommy Wells, Madeline Chimka, and Sukhdeep Kaur

Promising Practice Articles

More Than Just an Internship: One University’s Collaboration with a Rural School District to Attract, Develop, and Retain School Counselors
Rawn Boulden and Christine Schimmel

Growing Your Own Educational Leaders: Implications for Rural School Districts and Institutions of Higher Education
John McConnell, Benita Bruster, Cheryl Lambert, and James Thompson

Policy Brief

Commentary: Times Article on Rural School Misses Half the Story—Educational Success
Mara Casey Tieken and Sheneka Williams

Invited Article

A National Rural Postsecondary Research Agenda
National Rural Postsecondary Research Agenda Working Group

Twenty-one Cheatham County teachers work in groups at Cheatham Middle School in Ashland City, TN during a professional development workshop focused on effective classroom management. Austin Peay State University's Center for Rural Education partners with regional rural districts to provide quality learning opportunities for teacher leaders at no cost to districts. Photo Credit: Cheryl Lambert, Coordinator, Center for Rural Education, APSU