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North Dakota Compass
ND Compass provides and promotes the use of credible data to improve the quality of life in North Dakota.
A project of the Center for Social Research at North Dakota State University, ND Compass provides reliable and consistent information needed by North Dakota’s community, policy, organizational, non-profit, and business leaders who must plan for the future in an environment of continuous change. More >
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The educational attainment gap between North Dakota adults living above and below the poverty level shrunk in 2017 – with more adults below poverty now having at least a bachelor’s degree.
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Strengthen ND - Supporting and Accelerating Community Development in Rural North Dakota
Megan Laudenschlager is the Executive Director of Strengthen ND, a nonprofit social enterprise founded in 2015. Megan is passionate about rural North Dakota and serves as a rural community fundraiser, organizer, and advocate. Megan’s areas of expertise include board and staff development, fundraising planning, grant writing, strategic planning, organizational action planning, program design and evaluation, succession planning, and meeting facilitation. In this article Megan gives a brief overview of Strengthen ND, why it was created, the work it supports, and highlights of its past and future work with rural communities throughout North Dakota.
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State Legislative District Profiles
Highlighting measures focusing on population, household, social, and economic characteristics for each of the 47 districts in North Dakota.
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