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School to Work Transitions: Lessons about Education and Local Economic Development from the Hagerstown, Maryland Rural Labor Market Area.
Favero, Philip – Maryland Government Report, 1992
Despite skepticism about the viability of an educational investment strategy for rural development, coordination between education and rural employers may be a key to rural economic growth. Interviews with 101 employers in 6 rural counties surrounding Hagerstown, Maryland, as well as a mail survey (95 of the 101 employers responded), examined…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Qualifications
Educational Needs Projection and Rural Development: A Synthesis. SRDC Synthesis Series No. 7.
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Wheelock, Gerald C.; And Others – 1979
In August of 1978 the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) published an annotated bibliography on Education Needs Projection and Rural Development; this synthesis paper follows that bibliography and is intended to relate some of the useful applications derived from the survey of the literature. Five papers are included in the synthesis. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Communications, Community Involvement
Pathways from Poverty.
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Baldwin, Barbara, Ed. – Western Wire, 1995
Articles in this theme issue are based on presentations at the Pathways from Poverty Workshop held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on May 18-25, 1995. The event aimed to foster development of a network to address rural poverty issues in the Western Rural Development Center (WRDC) region. Articles report on outcomes from the Pathways from Poverty…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Capitalism, Change Strategies, Community Development