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Beaulieu, Lionel J.; Barfield, Melissa A.; Stone, Katherine L. – Rural America, 2001
The percentage of high school graduates in the rural South improved during the 1990s but lagged behind urban figures; the percentage of rural college graduates grew slightly. Rural-urban differences in educational attainment were even greater among minorities. The rural-urban income gap also widened and is not expected to improve, with few new…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison, Employment Patterns