Tackling North Dakota’s workforce shortage with higher education, rural housing

This week’s episode explores two different efforts to address North Dakota’s shortage of workers: helping people get degrees faster and developing new housing in rural areas.Jeff Beach, deputy editor of the North Dakota Monitor, talks to Craig Blumenshine, producer and host of Prairie Public’s Main Street, about the state’s new experiment with reduced credit bachelor’s degrees. Monitor contributor Ceilidh Kern joins Craig to talk about a rural housing shortage and a  regional effort aimed at helping small communities attract workers, families and long-term growth.