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  • Voices from the survey: Rural students say they perceive an urban-rural stereotype and are reluctant to speak in classrooms
  • Faculty face tough balancing act in the classroom: challenging students in political discussions without silencing them
  • Rural students experience rocky adjustments from hometown mental health stigma
  • Two agricultural fraternities diverge from their common roots

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Faculty face tough balancing act in the classroom: challenging students in political discussions without silencing them

May 6, 2019May 23, 2019 Ellen Schneider

By Ellen Schneider, Jonah Sprinkel, Katelyn Rademacher and Michael Haubner Buffalo, Minnesota, isn’t really that far from the Twin Cities—about

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People 

Raised on a dairy farm and now headed for politics, this New Ulm senior wants to work for real solutions facing rural America

April 11, 2019May 23, 2019 Ellen Schneider

Loren Dauer is a conservative Republican, but he struggles with how to embrace policies that offer much-needed assistance to farms like his family’s.

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Rural Outlook University Experiences 

Faculty association launches initiative with outstate Minnesota

March 7, 2019May 23, 2019 Ellen Schneider

A group of faculty members across University of Minnesota campuses are working to address political and geographical divisions in Minnesota, including a perceived rural-urban divide that they believe has caused a rift in campus and classroom life.

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