Point taken: Education programs demonstrate careers in rural areas can provide bright futures. - Business North Carolina

Point taken: Education programs demonstrate careers in rural areas can provide bright futures. - Business North Carolina

NC State’s Rural Works! program places engineering students in summer internships with manufacturers in rural counties. The basic gist is that employers gain talented summer help, while students receive practical experience. The bigger idea is to help rural counties struggling with population losses show these students engineering opportunities. They might come back after graduation. North Carolina is a mostly rural state with its prosperous urb…