While it’s true that many rural areas throughout the country lack the infrastructure to create a surplus of modern tech roles, it doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Several organizations and two-year community colleges are hoping to surface (and create) these opportunities–and to put rural students on pathways to succeed in them.
“There’s an awareness gap we’re trying to fill,” says Breyana Rey, director of the Rural Innovation Network, an organization that’s working to close the opportunity gap between rural and urban workers in tech jobs. “Often, digital jobs exist in rural areas. People just don’t know that they can get them.”
In this latest case study from Ascendium, “Sowing New Fields,” we take a look at how two-year colleges are working together with nonprofit organizations to create new opportunities for rural students.
