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Emily Yeager; Beth Bee; Anjalee Hou; Taylor Cash; Kelsi Dew; Daniel Dickerson; Kelly White-Singleton; Michael Schilling; Sierra Jones – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2024
Through a multistakeholder partnership, this research aims to catalyze the development of a blue economy corridor (BEC) through community-based asset mapping in the eastern portion of the Tar-Pamlico River Basin in North Carolina, a geographic area predominated by physically and culturally rural landscapes. Underpinned by appreciative inquiry,…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Natural Resources, Geographic Information Systems, Community Development
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Shannon H. Rogers; Catherine M. Ashcraft; Jayson Seaman; Scott R. Lemos; Lauren Krans; Jennifer Marsh – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2024
Natural resources provide a high quality of life for residents and are often one of a community's greatest advantages for workforce attraction, youth retention, recreation, climate resilience, tourism, and broader economic development. A better understanding of how nature and local economies function together is critical to fostering synergies…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Recreational Activities, Conservation (Environment), Economic Development
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Yanan Wang; Jorge Calero; Chuansheng Gao; Jialei Ma – SAGE Open, 2024
Balancing the allocation of preschool education resources is a crucial objective within China's preschool education reform. Our analysis focused on investigating the disparities between regions and urban-rural areas in China from 2011 to 2019, employing the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS), spatial analysis,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Resource Allocation, Rural Urban Differences
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Gulnaz Akhmetova; Zhuldyz Davletbayeva; Rymkul Ismailova; Zulfiya Torebekova – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2025
This study is dedicated to analyzing and evaluating government initiatives aimed at addressing migration challenges in Kazakhstan that manifest in uneven migration flows and significant disparities in population density between the southern and northern regions. The authors assess the implementation of a state program as part of their analysis,…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Public Policy, Migration Patterns, Population Trends
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Stephanie Allais – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2025
This paper explores the contrast between the policy vision for public technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges in South Africa, and governance and funding models that have shaped institutional forms and functioning over time. Policy aspires for TVET colleges to play a role in social inclusion and local economic development.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career and Technical Education, Governance, Financial Support
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Robert Kelchen – Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 2024
Public colleges and universities are a key driver of social and economic mobility, yet they also face increasingly challenging financial and political environments. In this essay, I discuss four key areas in which state higher education policy can influence student success and equity: the amount of funding provided, funding allocation mechanisms,…
Descriptors: State Colleges, State Universities, State Policy, Educational Policy