Graduate Education in Rural Settings: Pathways Toward Excellence

Tarun Sabarwal

No 202616, WORKING PAPERS SERIES IN THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS from University of Kansas, Department of Economics

Abstract: We propose pathways toward academic excellence in graduate education in rural settings by focusing on community-based scholarship, an anchor institution framework, and a locally based sustainable research culture as comparative advantages of rural higher education institutions. Instead of viewing rural institutions through a deficit framework, we leverage their comparative advantages into sources of academic strength. The vision here goes beyond improving educational access in underserved regions, positioning rural institutions as central actors in intellectual, social, and regional transformation.

Keywords: complementarities; equilibrium; fixed point; poset; monotone comparative statics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 I22 I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2026-08, Revised 2026-08
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