Many high school seniors are currently in the midst of the college application process or are already waiting to hear back from their selected schools.
For high school students in rural parts of the United States, the frantic pace of the college application process can look a bit different. For starters, some of these rural students might not have large numbers of elite universities and colleges coming to admissions fairs in their areas. They might not have all of the required high school courses to attend some of these schools, either, according to Sheneka Williams, a scholar of educational leadership and rural education who graduated from a small, rural high school in Alabama.
Amy Lieberman, the education editor at The Conversation U.S., spoke with Williams to understand the particular experiences of rural students and what, exactly, coming from a rural background can mean as students think about college.
Read more at The Conversation.
