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In the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains here in the northwest corner of South Carolina, high schools’ attempts to curb student dropouts may not match what many people picture when they hear talk of the nation’s “dropout factories.” Yet one-fifth of the 2,000 high schools nationwide categorized that way by researchers at Johns Hopkins University are in rural areas, some of them small schools where students get a lot of personal attention.

The Chronicle of Higher Education | February 7, 2010

Colleges face a challenge to masculinity that bulging muscles, rumbling voices, and jacked-up pickup trucks won't remedy.

Despite the fact that men and women get equal salary bumps for earning a bachelor's degree, far more women than men are getting the message. As a result, nearly 58 percent of bachelor's degrees and 62 percent of associate degrees are granted to women.

The New York Times | May 17, 2009

About one in five American students drops out of high school today, and there are some schools where students have only a 50-50 chance of getting a diploma.

Columbia Daily Tribune | February 17, 2009

Good news is rare these days. Home foreclosures, a credit crunch and rising joblessness have sent ripples of fear through the U.S. economy. Youth unemployment is approaching levels seen during the Great Depression. The nation could use a ray of hope, and progress is being made on one issue that deepens unemployment and poverty — the high school dropout epidemic.