The Rural Review

An online journal produced in conjunction with the Rural Reconciliation Project.

The Rural Review publishes digests of important academic contributions, program information, blog-style commentary, and periodic roundups of rural items from across academic disciplines and scholarly media.

Contributions from interested authors are welcome. Find our author guidelines here.

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Infographic No. 2: Rural Alaska Governance

Second in our series of infographics produced in Emily Prifogle's Law in Rural America seminar is by Alaska native and recent graduate of Michigan Law, Mitchel Forbes, with thoughts on "over-goverance" in rural Alaska and tips for dissolving local municipal governments:

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Infographic No. 1: Rural Park Access

First in our series of infographics produced in Emily Prifogle's Law in Rural America seminar: an insightful look at how access to parks and public greenspaces varies across the urban/rural spectrum by Robert Brewer, a third-year law student at Michigan Law.

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Rural Law Short Course: A Mini-Series in Infographics

In this original essay, Emily A. Prifogle, a legal historian and Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, first discusses curricular innovations happening at several U.S. law schools on rural law and then introduces a series of related infographics to be featured on the Rural Review this week.

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Thompson, Tomayko, Gunter, & Schuna: Four-Day School Week

In “Are All Four-Day School Weeks Created Equal? A National Assessment of Four-Day School Week Policy Adoption and Implementation” authors Paul N. Thompson (School of Public Policy, Oregon State University), Emily J. Tomayko (Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity, Montana State University), Katherine Gunter, and John M. Schuna, Jr. (both of School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, Oregon State University) compile an overview of the four-day school week in America, and the impact that is has on students, families, and school districts.

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Radke, Smeins, Ryckman, & Gruca: Delivering Rural Babies

In Closure of Labor & Delivery units in rural counties is associated with reduced adequacy of prenatal care, even when prenatal care remains available authors Stephanie M. Radke MD, MPH (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics), Laurel Smeins MD (Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics), Kelli K. Ryckman PhD (Department of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, University of Iowa), and Thomas S. Gruca PhD (Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa), MBA examine the availability of hospital-based obstetrical care in rural areas and the effect such availability has on prenatal care.

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