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The Lack of a College Degree Is a Public-Health Crisis. Here’s What Higher Ed Can Do About It.

People who don’t go to college are getting sicker and dying younger.

That’s the reality playing out in a region of southeastern Missouri known as the Bootheel, one of many poverty-stricken rural areas across the country where few residents have four-year degrees.

Research has shown that education makes a difference in terms of health outcomes: Get a college degree, and you’re more likely to lead a healthier and more prosperous life. Go without, and, for a number of reasons, you’re more likely to face a range of health problems.

That growing body of scholarship inspired a recent Chronicle article, "A Dying Town," which explored the ominous connections between education and health, and how disadvantages pile up in places like the Bootheel.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Lack-of-a-College-Degree/242524?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=caf42baa48394bf3bc7c6aa94e4622a9&elq=45885148e5794279b3121c72e3d6b5f1&elqaid=17855&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7899

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