Andrew Koricich

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Andrew Koricich is the executive director of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges and associate professor of higher education at Appalachian State University. Influenced by his experiences growing up in a rural Pennsylvania town, Dr. Koricich’s research interests focus primarily on postsecondary education issues facing rural communities, with a particular emphasis on rural-serving postsecondary institutions, and this work has been published in numerous journal articles, book chapters, and research reports. His research has been funded by Ascendium Education Group, the Joyce Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and he has been invited to speak to numerous local, state, and national organizations.