Category: Rural Education

The Purdue Center for Rural Research, Education, and Outreach is partnering with Purdue Extension to give Indiana high school seniors early college credit for their 4-H experience.

Another year goes down in history for the Literacy In Place Rural Teen Writing Contest, as Dr. Chea Parton continues to give voices to diverse rural perspectives with this year’s theme of Eat, Dance, and Be Rural.

On April 12, 2024, the Purdue Center for Rural Research, Education and Outreach will hold its annual Rural Education Summit at Made@Plainfield near Indianapolis.

In support of Purdue University’s land grant mission which promotes equitable access for all students, the College of Education, in partnership with relevant stakeholders, has received approval for what is believed to be Indiana’s first comprehensive rural education center Co-founded...

A Purdue University College of Education professor is holding the second annual Literacy In Place Rural Teen Writing Contest to give rural high schoolers the opportunity to tell their stories. Purdue alumna Dr. Chea Parton, visiting assistant professor in the...

Chea Parton held the inaugural Literacy In Place Rural Teen Writing Contest with the theme Rural Pasts, Presents, and Futures because she believes that rural youth have important stories to tell. Parton, visiting assistant professor of Curriculum and Instruction in...