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Hollowing Out the Middle: Rural Brain Drain

October 14, 2009

Patrick J. Carr professor, sociology, Rutgers University

Sociology professor Patrick J. Carr discusses Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means For America.

In Hollowing Out the Middle, husband and wife research team Patrick Carr and Maria Kefalas draw attention to a problem that is little discussed in urban and academic centers, but is keenly felt in rural towns across the country: namely the exodus of young, educated adults toward those same urban and academic centers. Carr and Kefalas use the case study of "Ellis", Iowa to better understand this phenomenon, and to offer strategies for creating sustainable, thriving communities across the Heartland.

Topics: Business & Economics | Culture & Identity | Education | Literature & Philosophy | Media & Technology | People & Places

Tags: Authors | Career | Classroom & Community | Community Building | Family Issues | farm life | Higher Education | Iowa | Lifestyle | Non-Fiction | North American | Personal Finance | Professional Development | rural brain drain | rural decline | Sociology | Travel & Adventure

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Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America

Author: Maria J. Kefalas, Patrick J. Carr

Publisher: Beacon Press (2009)

Binding: Hardcover, 224 pages

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