NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
McMurtry, Gene – Extension Service Review, 1971
Urges the development of community leaders whose performance can skillfully and sensitively deal with the needs of the community. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Leaders, Community Problems, Community Study
Danville Area School District, PA. – 1970
A survey was conducted by the Rural Sociology Section of The Pennsylvania State University Cooperative Extension Service and the Montour County Extension Association, utilizing 323 ninth through twelfth grade in-school youth and 199 parents. Data were collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire. Three specific objectives of the survey…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Data Analysis, Parent Attitudes, Questionnaires
Heffernan, William D.; Heffernan, Judith Bortner – 1987
This is an early assessment of the Rural Community Service Coordinator Program (RCSCP), organized by the University of Missouri Extension Service using funds from the federal Food Security Act of 1985. Five full-time coordinators were named by area mental health officials to help rural people cope with despair and emotional disturbances caused by…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Community Resources, Community Support, Coping
Lasley, Paul, Comp.; And Others – 1986
The 12 states comprising the North Central Region have been affected in similar ways by the farm crisis of the 1980s. Statewide surveys show sizeable proportions of farm operations that are experiencing moderately high levels of financial stress. The problems caused by chronic stress on family structure and functioning, the loss of mainstreet…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Action, Community Problems, Economic Status