NEW YORK, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Across the United States, rural students are feeling shortchanged and frustrated, as many of the comparatively few universities that serve them are eliminating large numbers of programs and majors, blaming plummeting enrollment and resulting financial crises, reported The Washington Post on Tuesday.
"Nationwide, college enrollment has declined by 2 million students, or 10 percent, in the 10 years ending in 2022, hitting rural schools particularly hard," the report noted. "An increasing number of rural private, nonprofit colleges are not only cutting majors, but closing altogether."
