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PATRICK J. CARR
discusses
Hollowing Out the Middle:
The Rural Brain Drain
and What It Means for America
Cambridge Forum is pleased to present sociology professor PATRICK J. CARR for a discussion of Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means For America. In Hollowing Out the Middle, husband and wife research team Patrick Carr and Maria Kefalas draw attention to a problem that is little discussed in urban and academic centers, but is keenly felt in rural towns across the country: namely the exodus of young, educated adults toward those same urban and academic centers. Carr and Kefalas use the case study of "Ellis", Iowa to better understand this phenomenon, and to offer strategies for creating sustainable, thriving communities across the Heartland. "Hollowing Out the Middle is a fascinating study that brilliantly describes and analyzes the problems of rural towns in America that are emptying out. It will raise national awareness of a serious domestic problem that has largely escaped media, political, and scholarly attention." —William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor Harvard University "The undoing of Middle America is the great secret tragedy of our times. For shining a bright, unwavering light on the unfolding disaster Patrick Carr and Maria Kefalas deserve enormous credit; for proposing solutions that actually have a chance of succeeding, they deserve the gratitude of frustrated midwesterners everywhere." —Thomas Frank, What’s the Matter With Kansas? and The Wrecking Crew
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