Now completing its second year, the Partnership for Rural Improvement (PRI) is a four year rural development program funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Its fundamental purpose is the development of a linkage system connecting the research and development of knowledge about rural improvement with the dissemination and use of that knowledge.…

In 1977 leaders of Hardee County, Florida, listed relationships and attitudes of residents, rural atmosphere, environmental conditions, and economic potential among the county's strong points, and public service and facility improvements, developing economic potential, recreational and entertainment development, and planning and zoning as its most…

Institutional success of an instructional model that featured peer instruction, a strict performance orientation, and an insistence on mastery of specific skills led developers to believe the same model could be used by communities to disseminate skills and information at low cost and with efficiency. The system was utilized in setting up an…

The work of the adult educators, Moses Coady in Novia Scotia (1920s and 1930s) and Paulo Freire in Brazil (1950s and 1960s) can be examined comparatively. Both men viewed adult education as a tool for social change. Both responded to endemic poverty, dysfunctional outside control, and lack of cooperative initiative from within. They would agree…

Case studies of local development projects in Scotland, Norway, Australia, and the United States (Minnesota) indicate that federal education programs of a "generative" nature (those linking educational improvement to other improvement efforts, emphasizing process, and stimulating grass-roots participation) are most likely to promote…

Satisfaction with one's community is an elusive quality related to a variety of physical and social factors. As changes in the community become imminent, levels of satisfaction may also change. Residents of two communities were periodically questioned as their personal satisfaction, (happy place, suitable size), satisfaction with services…

FURTHER EDUCATION IN AFRICAN COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES INCLUDES MOST OF THE AVAILABLE EDUCATION FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL. TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN TRADE CENTERS PROVIDES TRAINING IN BRICKLAYING, CARPENTRY, MACHINE FITTING, AND MOTOR MECHANICS. TECHNICAL INSTITUTES PROVIDE A THREE-YEAR SUPERVISED CERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM…

THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE NEED FOR FUNCTIONAL, SEQUENTIAL PROGRAMS OF LITERACY, VOCATIONAL, LIBERAL, POLITICAL, AND HUMAN RELATIONS EDUCATION IN RURAL AREAS OF PAKISTAN. PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES ARE SEEN IN THE OCCUPATIONAL CASTE SYSTEM, FAMILY STRUCTURES, ATTITUDES TOWARD THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS, POOR MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND…

The report describes six projects supported by the Office of Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Development and employing community action to combat juvenile delinquency: the Mobilization for Youth on New York City's lower East Side; the Syracuse Crusade for Opportunity in Syracuse, New York; the United Planning Organization, Washington, D.C.; Houston…

Addressing the conference theme, "The Most Effective Strategy for Rural Development", the papers presented in these proceedings include representation from: Australia; Germany; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Philippines; Thailand; U.S.A.; and Republic of China. Papers are titled: "Community Development…

Papers on department management in a time of little economic growth include: education and the future (J.S. Bevan); educational change in the 1970's (G.A. Bonner); corporate planning and postsecondary education (G.M.A. Harrison); the future: the Council for National Academic Awards and the Technical Education Council (G.R. Tyler, K. Ollerenshaw);…

This study focuses on a formerly all-black high school, which formed one-half of the dual school system in North Carolina, in order to assess both the direct and indirect functions that the school may have performed in developing leadership skills, apprenticeship opportunities, and the total development of the black community. Seven reasons…

This report reviews the legislative progress through December 31, 1971 of the rural development bills introduced in the U.S. Senate and House during the first session of the 92d Congress. For purposes of organization, this report presents 15 major rural development categories and limits this review to those bills and bill categories directed at…

As the first of 2 volumes reporting research on the social and educational development of 10 rural school districts prior to their involvement in the Experimental Schools program, this book is concerned with the impact of history on comprehensive educational improvement. Present 6 of the 10 histories, this volume includes: Craig, Alaska; Wilcox,…

As the second of 2 volumes reporting research on the social and educational development of 10 rural school districts prior to their involvement in the Experimental Schools program, this book is concerned with the impact of history on comprehensive educational improvement. Presenting 4 of the 10 histories, this volume includes: South Umpqua,…