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Frankena, Frederick – 1984
Findings of a study to establish the determinants and effects of urban to rural population migration patterns in Osceola County, Michigan, where a 27.6% increase (4,090 people) occurred during the 1970's, illustrate typical effects of population migration turnaround on nonmetropolitan schools. The study revealed that school facilities were…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textChesson, J. Parker, Jr.; Rubin, Sarah – 2003
In six policy areas, states can better equip rural community colleges to serve their communities. In the area of economic and community development, states can use rural community colleges to promote community development efforts and service learning and to provide small business assistance and entrepreneurship education. States can improve access…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Economic Development
Kunsela, William R. – 1983
New York State's rural educational institutions offer opportunities needed by the state but their potentials go unrecognized by educational policymakers. Rural colleges, secondary schools, and Boards of Educational Services (BOCES) are funded at a lower level than urban counterparts at a time when most rural areas are experiencing population…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Berstecher, D., Ed.; And Others – 1985
This book is the final outcome of a research project begun in 1981 by the International Institute for Educational Planning under the title, "Planning and Management of Formal and Nonformal Education within Integrated Rural Development Projects." Part 1 reports the concluding 1984 Nepal seminar to pinpoint the real role of education as a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Developing Nations, Developmental Programs
McDaniel, Robert H., Ed.; And Others – 1986
To assist state-level educational policy makers, information about the needs of rural adults and barriers to their participation in educational programs was studied in seven northwestern states. Telephone interviews gathered information from educational providers (approximately 6 in each state) and 47 rural adult learners from the region. In each…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, Delivery Systems
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
Education workshop participants at the First Statewide Legislative Symposium on Rural Development pinpointed trends, strengths, weaknesses, goals, and public policy questions for grades K-12 and higher education. For grades K-12, rural schools were characterized by increased enrollment due to migration from urban areas, increasing popularity with…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Definitions, Educational Finance, Educational Opportunities
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1986
Program accomplishments for 1982-86 and plans for 1987-91 are summarized in this report. The third cycle (1982-86) program areas discussed are: (1) universalization of education (access to education at first level by both formal and nonformal means); (2) education for promotion of scientific and technological competence and creativity; (3)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
