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Direct linkPalmer, Jim – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1984
Reviews ERIC documents dealing with community services functions, community education, community development, and the involvement of the community with community colleges. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Education, Community Services
Fluharty, Charles; Scaggs, Bill – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2007
Rural communities have fewer financial resources, making the community colleges located in these regions central to economic development. This chapter reviews the importance of recognizing the rural differential via policy changes and offers strategies to close the resource gap between rural and nonrural community colleges.
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Economic Development, Community Development, Community Colleges
Barnett, Lynn – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1996
Describes national initiatives providing community colleges with grants and technical assistance to develop community building and service learning programs. Suggests that the objectives of service learning (that is, integrating community service with academic instruction, emphasizing critical reflection and civic responsibility) matches the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Development
Borgen, Joseph A.; Shade, William B. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1984
Examines the basic principles of economic development and provides a case study of the Communitywide Work Force Development Project, which was designed to involve the community in solving the economic development and work force problems of Terre Haute, Indiana. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Economic Development, Labor Force Development
Bender, Julie; Carter, Larry D. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1994
Discusses the role of community colleges in attracting new businesses to the area, focusing on the formation of community partnerships. Suggests that community colleges should position themselves as facilitators and brokers of training and education activities. Describes five basic steps in recruiting businesses, highlighting three examples of…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Development, Contract Training
Kopecek, Robert J. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991
Advocates a leadership role for community college presidents in regional, nonprofit economic development organizations. Reviews the types of economic development, ways of becoming involved, and elements of community economic growth and development. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Presidents, Community Colleges, Community Development, Economic Development
Hirshberg, Diane – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991
Provides an annotated bibliography of ERIC materials on the role of community colleges in economic development, including general articles, services to businesses, state economic development activities, and local economic development. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Development, Cooperative Programs
Peer reviewedHarris, Norman C., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1973
In the past, occupational education in community colleges has gone on without a sense of direction, often because labor market data and manpower needs information were not available. More recently, it has taken some "new directions," several of which are presented here. Topics include the relationship of career education to postsecondary…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education), Business Education, Community Colleges
