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Baldwin, Fred D.

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"Serious Business": Teaching Entrepreneurship Skills to Youths.

Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 2002

In Appalachian Alabama, AlabamaREAL helps individuals, schools, and rural communities grow through hands-on entrepreneurship education. School-based businesses teach students to recognize business opportunities; encourage participatory learning; and meet the needs of small, rural communities. The Appalachian Regional Commission provides schools…

Descriptors: Active Learning, Business Education, Entrepreneurship, Experiential Learning

Creating Opportunities: Tennessee's Southeast Regional Skills Center.

Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 2002

Rural Marion County (Tennessee), the town of Kimball, the Appalachian Regional Commission, and a local community college founded a regional skills center. The center offers a 2-year associate of science degree and classes in GED preparation, parenting, drug abuse prevention, cosmetology, and air conditioning and refrigeration. It has expanded…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning