Journal Article

Place-Sustaining Partnerships for Rural Education and Workforce Development

Saw, Guan K, Culbertson, Ryan

2025

Overview

This policy brief draws on the 2024 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report on K-12 STEM Education and Workforce Development in Rural Areas to examine how place-sustaining partnerships-among schools, communities, higher education, and industry-advance rural education and workforce development. Through examples of state-led initiatives and community-driv en models, the brief illustrates how cross-sector collaboration rooted in local context can develop college and career pathways that equip rural learners to thrive and sustain the long-term vitality of rural communities.

• Publisher: National Rural Education Association
• Subject: Access to Education / Accountability / Apprenticeships / Building Trades / Career and Technical Education / Career Education / Career pathways / Careers / Collaboration / College Credits / Community colleges / Community Organizations / Definitions / Disproportionate Representation / Ecosystems / Education / Education policy / Educational Change / Educational Opportunities / Educational Resources / Elementary Secondary Education / Employers / Employment Opportunities / Federal Programs / Funding / Government grants / Grants / High School Students / Higher education / Learning / Mathematics education / Partnerships in Education / Population decline / Public schools / Rural areas / Rural schools / School districts / Science education / Secondary school students / Secondary schools / STEM education / Teacher Collaboration / Teacher shortages / Teaching / Technology education / Workforce