Education2026-05-17
As more rural students apply to college, attention turns to helping them succeed there
AMHERST, Mass. — Crowding around a fire pit outside the Amherst College campus center, earnest-looking high school seniors offered fire-building suggestions as intently as if they were taking a final exam. “This is our test of how rural you are, is how good you are at making a fire,” the college’s
By The Hechinger Report

AMHERST, Mass
— Crowding around a fire pit outside the Amherst College campus center, earnest-looking high school seniors offered fire-building suggestions as intently as if they were taking a final exam
“This is our test of how rural you are, is how good you are at making a fire,” the college’s