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National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1990
Home to 65 million people, rural America is no longer insulated from national and international events. Once dependent entirely upon agriculture and natural resource industries, today rural America relies upon manufacturing and service industries. Jobs and other income opportunities in rural America must respond to global business cycles and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Higher Education, Land Grant Universities
Download full textHatch, Carol S., Comp. – 1991
This directory is a compendium of over 600 scholars and educators in a range of disciplines throughout the United States who are actively involved in research or teaching of rural issues. It is intended as a resource for those individuals and for other professionals, providing access to one another and aiding a multi-disciplinary approach to rural…
Descriptors: Agriculture, College Faculty, Community Development, Higher Education
Coelho, S. – New Frontiers in Education, 1973
Discusses education for rural development in India: to prepare rural children and adults to find gainful employment in developing the resources of their village, to produce, earn and procure enough for a good life for all in each village. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Development, Education, Higher Education, International Education
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS. – 1984
The directory of rural development researchers in the South first lists researchers by state for the 13 southern states and Puerto Rico, then by subject area. Research projects (25) of the Southern Rural Development Center since 1975 are also listed. The listing by state covers Alabama (31 researchers), Arkansas (12), Florida (10), Georgia (15),…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Development, Higher Education, Human Services
Martin, Kenneth E.; Luloff, A. E. – 1987
The diminishing role of the federal government in rural development has created an opportunity for new initiatives in this area. One potentially useful response is the creation of a state-rural policy center. Such centers can combine the efforts of land grant institutions, extension services, and state universities in the development and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Development, Federal State Relationship, Government Role
Baker, Harold R. – 1993
This book examines cases of rural community development initiatives in the United States, Canada, and Europe, identified during a study of multicommunity collaboration projects. Section 1 includes 36 community development ideas operating at provincial, regional, and local levels. Included are ideas such as bank community development corporations,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Change, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Montgomery, Jim C., Ed.; Kitchenham, Andrew D., Ed. – 2000
This proceedings of a conference held in May 2000 at Malaspina University-College (British Columbia) contains approximately 63 conference papers, abstracts of papers, and keynote speeches. The conference examined issues affecting rural communities, with major themes being rural education, health, human services, families, and the sustainability of…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Community Development, Community Health Services
Emery, Mary E. – 1990
Lewis-Clark State College, Idaho, developed a model program, Partnerships Project, designed to provide rural community residents with access to higher education and to assist communities in increasing their local capacity for development. In pursuing these objectives, the program helped to change the nature of the postsecondary undertaking in…
Descriptors: Community Development, Dropouts, Higher Education, Models
Beaulieu, Lionel J., Ed.; Mulkey, David, Ed. – 1995
This book provides an overview of existing human resource conditions in rural America; examines key economic, social, and technological forces shaping the future viability of rural areas; describes human capital issues for rural women and minority groups; and outlines strategies to strengthen rural human capital resources. Chapters are: (1)…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Change, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
