STARS College Network and the Future of Rural Talent

About this episode

Corey Alderdice discusses the importance of helping rural students envision their futures through the work of the STARS College Network.

Some students grow up surrounded by opportunity so constantly that college feels like the next obvious step. For many small-town and rural students, though, the challenge is not a lack of talent, but the quieter difficulty of seeing ambitious futures clearly enough to believe they are truly within reach. Corey Alderdice, a national voice on talent and transformation, explores the work of the STARS College Network and why helping rural students aspire matters so much. This episode examines the...

People in this episode

Host: Corey Alderdice

Topics covered

• rural education
• college aspirations
• talent development
• small-town challenges
• future of work

Keywords

• rural students
• college network
• talent transformation
• education opportunities
• ambitious futures

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: STARS College Network

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