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Odokara, E. O. – Journal of the International Congress of University Adult Education, 1971
A description of the Extra-Mural Division of University of Nigeria's extension programs, primarily rural, aimed at economic development and reconstruction following the civil war, as well as adult literacy and vocational programs. (JB)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Extension Education, National Programs
Lovan, W. Robert – Training and Development Journal, 1976
Economic, social, and cultural improvements in the non-metropolitan (or rural) areas of the nation are discussed in relation to: The development of community leadership (especially among business trainers), the role of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), the Land Grant Extension system, business interests, and the need for…
Descriptors: Business, Business Responsibility, Community Development, Community Involvement
Marchese, Lamar Vincent – 1972
It was the purpose of this study to examine and evaluate the feasibility of involving cable television systems in central Appalachia with efforts toward rural community development. A variety of research procedures were employed, including a questionnaire on community needs, a telephone survey of cable facilities, a mail survey of programming…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Community Development, Community Involvement, Educational Television
Behr, Chris; Lamb, Greg; Miller, Al; Sadowske, Sue; Shaffer, Ron – 1995
In rural coastal communities, trade-offs between conserving and developing environmentally sensitive resources are acute. At the community level, part-time volunteers and citizen officials are asked to make complex decisions based on ambiguous and frequently contradictory "scientific" evidence of economic and environmental relationships.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Involvement
Findlay, E. Weldon; And Others – 1980
The University of Guelph Rural Development Outreach Project (RDOP) as it was conceived, organized and utilized in rural communities in Ontario is the major focus of this document; the concluding sections describe some of the problems of Outreach implementation and suggest some possible courses for continuing and expanding the project. There is…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Background, Change Agents, College Role
Gober, Lydia A., Comp.; Wiseman, T. Jan, Comp. – 1979
Communities Alive For Living and Learning (Project CALL), designed at Kishwaukee College to help three local, rural communities develop educational, recreational, and cultural programs, is described in this report. The first sections of the report consider the need for and purposes of the project. The Project Coordinator's report presents an…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Education, Community Involvement
Findlay, E. Weldon – 1981
Selected concepts and theoretical orientations were identified and applied to the Guelph Rural Development Outreach Project, formed in 1976 to give leadership in the evolvement of a more comprehensive and integrated approach to rural development in Ontario. Huron County (a traditional rural agricultural area), Halton Region (an area characterized…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Development