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Peer reviewedLyons, Lorenza W.; Hillison, John – Research in Rural Education, 1983
Reports a study examining perceived effectiveness of the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service's delivery of educational information to rural residents, based on the attitudes, participation, and knowledge of 252 flue-cured tobacco producers. Notes the surprising difference in the scores of large and small tobacco producers and the service's…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Education, Community Involvement, Extension Education
Download full textHead, Ronald B. – 1993
To identify postsecondary educational needs within its rapidly growing service area, factors preventing students from taking classes at the colleges, and services that would encourage students to take classes, Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) surveyed all Greene County households in April 1993. A total of 4,625 surveys were mailed,…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges
Direct linkInverness Research Associates, 2006
In the 1990s, the nation's educational focus turned to troubled schools in the nation's poorest cities. Under the leadership of Luther Williams, then Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Urban Systemic Initiative was created to improve the teaching and learning of science and mathematics. Recognizing that high-needs…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Rural Areas, Counties, Rural Schools
