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Download full textJoint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1985
Three days of hearings focused on rural America, in general, and on South Dakota (as the most agrarian of all states), in particular, in an attempt to formulate a blueprint for a national agenda on improving the state of rural America. The first day's sessions addressed the outlook for the South Dakota economy. The second day's sessions considered…
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Agriculture, Change Strategies, Economic Change
Doeksen, Gerald A.; And Others – 1981
Extension personnel can aid rural decision makers with impacts felt from rapid growth in their communities via a locally applicable community impact model. This paper illustrates how extension professionals can utilize community impact models. Impact models reviewed include: model to measure the impact of new industry on rural communities in…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Change, Community Planning, Economic Development
Linder, William W. – 1977
Summarizing Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) activities and achievements during the October 1976-September 1977 fiscal year, this fourth annual report indicates that SRDC has been able to support rural development programs at land-grant institutions through sponsorship of workshops; issuance of publications, bibliographies, and a quarterly…
Descriptors: Activities, Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Consultants
Rogers, David L., Ed.; Whiting, Larry R., Ed. – 1978
The 1975 conference on Alternative Methods for Public Policy Research in Rural America was held to improve research and design methods for the study of public policy issues in rural development so that research can be more readily used by policy makers. The preface to the conference papers discusses theories offered to explain low utilization of…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Decision Making, Economic Development, Housing
Napier, Ted L.; Wright, Cathy J. – 1974
To examine sociological response to rural development projects requiring forced population relocation, a study was conducted of a small, rural farming community in central Ohio which had been disrupted as a result of a large scale (approximately 8,100 acres) development project. A sample of 72 subjects was taken from the affected community (37…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Services, Community Surveys
Matthews, Daniel G., Ed. – 1981
This publication contains a listing of governmental and nongovernmental organizations and agencies in metropolitan Washington, D.C. having substantial African programs or projects. These activities include both operations in Africa and programs conducted within the United States and elsewhere which are Africa-related. The groups described are…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Black Studies, Cultural Exchange
Molnar, Joseph J.; Smith, John P. – 1981
To examine ratings of satisfaction with selected community services in relation to spending preferences and to ascertain policy-relevant implications of citizen evaluations in planning and delivering rural services), a study focused on perceptions of community leaders and household respondents in eight rural Alabama counties. Research literature…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Leaders, Community Satisfaction, Community Services
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1980
The lessons and curriculum materials presented are intended for workers in various community development programs who wish to incorporate population education messages in an integrated and comprehensive manner. Each sample lesson plan includes a summary of its content, objectives, methodology, and intended audience. Four major development efforts…
Descriptors: Adults, Agricultural Education, Community Development, Developing Nations
Southern Rural Development Center, State College, MS. – 1978
Summarizing Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) activities during the October 1977-September 1978 fiscal year, this fifth annual report indicates that with Title V funding SRDC has continued its efforts to bring research and extension personnel together to work on problems in rural development. Support for programs and research at land grant…
Descriptors: Activities, Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Consultants
Development Communication Report, 1979
The title reflects the first and major article in an issue of this newsletter devoted entirely to communication satellites. This series of articles on the potential and applications of communication satellites in development projects is concerned with their development for commercial and public service, development in the Pacific region, SPACECOM…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Communications Satellites, Demonstration Programs, Developing Nations
Schwartz, Carol R., Ed. – 1979
Impressions of the Republic of Cuba are presented based on a visit to Cuba in 1978 by a delegation of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. The following topics are discussed: the Cuban educational system, Cuban postsecondary education, goals of postsecondary education, elementary education, vocational and technical…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Cultural Activities, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Koppel, Bruce; Schlegel, Charles – 1979
The principal sociological frameworks used in energy research on developing countries can be appraised in terms of the view of the energy-rural development problem that each framework implies. "Socio-Technical Analysis," which is used most in industrial and organizational sociology and in ecological anthropology, is oriented to the decomposition…
Descriptors: Correlation, Developing Nations, Ecological Factors, Energy
Voth, Donald E. – 1980
An integrated set of teaching materials on community development is scheduled to be available by the spring of 1981 to Colleges of Education for use in regular vocational agriculture courses, inservice training, or short workshops. A task force of agricultural educators and community developers is aiming the materials at "teacher…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Community Change, Community Development, Community Organizations
Dubell, Folke – 1980
Governments and change agents have assumed that people spontaneously would come forward and take part in development activities. But people have not come forward. It is now time that they be asked. Therefore, any project, program, or proposal involving a behavioral change should build in a mobilization strategy and resources for monitoring…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1967
PLANNING AUTHORITIES IN THE COUNTRIES OF ASIA SHOULD PLAN TO USE THE WIDE, INSTANTANEOUS RANGE AND INTIMATE APPEAL OF BROADCASTING TO LIFT THE LOW LEVELS OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, PRODUCTIVITY, INCOME, MOTIVATION, AND NATIONAL INVOLVEMENT OF THEIR PEOPLE. IN PLANNING FOR ITS USE IN FORMAL EDUCATION, THEY SHOULD ANTICIPATE NEEDS IN SCHOOL-BUILDING…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Career Development, Conferences
