Reversing the Rural Brain Drain
summary
Mississippi loses talented young people at scale: net outflow exceeds population in most counties and 90% of migration losses are 35 or under. Only half of four‑year grads work in state five years after graduation, draining $100–150M a year and about $1.4 billion cumulatively. Root causes are teacher shortages, misclassified “computer” classes, lost labs versus Chromebooks, and lack of field placements. Actionable fixes: recorded career videos, mentor programs, hackathons, remote paid and unpaid internships, and targeted advocacy to make CS a core subject.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:20Brain Drain
- 2:57Solutions
- 3:55Problems
- 5:13Field Experience
- 6:38How to Help
- 10:09Other Suggestions
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