ORCID
Ty C. McNamee: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-4337
Sonja Ardoin: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2157-8883
Abstract
In this policy brief, we use research findings to illuminate experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic of U.S. rural college students from poor and working-class backgrounds. We offer institutional, state, and federal policy lessons gleaned from such experiences. We show how rural, poor and working-class students’ higher education success was impacted by COVID-19 and how the pandemic highlighted and exacerbated existing systemic geographic and social class barriers faced by such students pursuing college. In turn, we hope postsecondary policymakers at the institutional, state, and federal levels can learn from these experiences to better support rural, poor, and working-class students in the future, even during times of continued crisis.
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Recommended Citation
McNamee, T. C.,
Ardoin, S.,
&
Willis, J. F.
(2024).
Rural, Poor and Working-Class Student Postsecondary Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Policy Lessons Learned for Supporting Future College Success.
The Rural Educator, 45(2), 68-72.
https://doi.org/10.55533/2643-9662.1447
