Rural College Promise:
Building Regional Talent Strategies for Rural Communities
Background
Following the success of urban-based talent-building coalitions such as Dallas County Promise, a partnership of educational leaders united to develop a working model for replicating this success in rural communities. In partnership with Economic Mobility Systems (EMS) and Rural Community College Alliance, NVision has worked with three community colleges in rural north and east Texas -- Tyler Junior College, North Central Texas College (NCTC), and Grayson College – to develop new and powerful strategies and tools for rural talent ecosystems.
Approach
With funding from a 3-year grant provided by Greater Texas Foundation, NVision has provided external marketing and stakeholder communications strategies and support to the three participating rural community colleges and their affiliated program partners across north and east Texas. Work to date has focused the development and launch of two new programs: Red River Promise, led by NCTC, and Texoma Promise, led by Grayson College, and has since included the expansion of the CollegeWorks College and Career Exploration website to support these programs and their regional students.
