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Community Colleges: Drivers of Economic Development in Small Rural Communities

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Friedel, Janice Nahra; Reed, Jared W. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2019

This chapter discusses an innovative state public policy which has incentivized Iowa's community colleges to become the economic drivers of their region. Created in the 1983 legislation, it continues to this day to affect Iowa's rural communities and their colleges.

Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Policy, State Policy, Public Policy

Patrick Henry Community College Crafts Initiative: A Work in Progress

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Ingram, Cynthia – Inquiry, 2006

The author explains how her college has worked with other institutions as part of CraftNet, a program supporting arts and crafts education and business in the surrounding communities.

Descriptors: Community Colleges, Handicrafts, Studio Art, College Programs