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Rural students often go unnoticed by colleges. Can virtual counseling put them on the map?

Steven Friess

June 11, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Red Wing, Minnesota

A variety of nonprofit and philanthropic programs have started offering virtual college counseling to students living in rural communities. Through these setups, recent college graduates are often paired with students at schools where there are no full-time counselors or where the ratio of counselor to student is as high as 600 to 1.

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