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Old Tools for New Problems: Modifying Master Gardener Training to Improve Food Access in Rural Areas
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Direct linkRandle, Anne – Journal of Extension, 2015
Extension faces ever-changing problems, which can be addressed by modifying successful tools rather than inventing new ones. The Master Gardener program has proven its effectiveness, but the cost and time commitment can make it inaccessible to rural, low-income communities, where training in home gardening may address issues of food access and…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Extension Education, Gardening, Educational Change
Davis, Dannielle Joy; Davis-Maye, Denise; Thomas, Chippewa M.; Seals, Cheryl; Alfred, Dorienna M.; Tripp, Lucretia Octavia; King-Jupiter, Kimberly L.; Lovett, Garnetta Laverne – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2011
This work introduces a model of university outreach in rural communities which promotes increasing post-secondary options for rural dwelling African American youth. KEMET (Knowledge and Excellence in Mathematics, Equilibrium, and Technology) Academy is a comprehensive academic enrichment program targeting African American students enrolled in…
Descriptors: African American Students, Rural Youth, Enrichment Activities, Rural Areas
Cornell, C. E.; Littleton, M. A.; Greene, P. G.; Pulley, L.; Brownstein, J. N.; Sanderson, B. K.; Stalker, V. G.; Matson-Koffman, D.; Struempler, B.; Raczynski, J. M. – Health Education Research, 2009
The Uniontown, Alabama Community Health Project trained and facilitated Community Health Advisors (CHAs) in conducting a theory-based intervention designed to reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) among rural African-American women. The multiphased project included formative evaluation and community organization, CHA recruitment and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Intervention, Females, Formative Evaluation
Hales, Brent D. – Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, 2009
The Mid-South Region of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi as a long history of pervasive poverty and educational underachievement. According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2008), the poverty level of residents in the Mid-South Region is higher than the national average. Consequently, many of the region's best and brightest students of all…
Descriptors: Economic Opportunities, Brain Drain, Entrepreneurship, Economic Development
Craig, Sara – Opportunity, 1972
Describes the progress of the Day Care Center program in Talladega County, Alabama, started in 1970 by a small Office of Economic Opportunities grant to the Talladega-Clay-Randolph Community Action Committee. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Community Planning, Day Care, Disadvantaged Youth, Low Income
Download full textAlabama Univ., University. Inst. of Higher Education Research and Services. – 1973
The Rural Junior College Development Consortium was formed, with the assistance of Title III, to help the six participating rural junior colleges improve the delivery of educational services to low-income students and the rural community. The six institutions are Cullman College, Northeast Alabama State Junior College, Snead State Junior College,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Pruitt, Jan; Ray, Jane – Appalachia, 1979
Allied health professionals are those (exclusive of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and nurses) who provide health care in support of or supplementing other health professionals. The Regional Technical Institute enables students from 26 colleges and junior colleges in Alabama and Tennessee to train in 14 allied health professions. (BR)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Associate Degrees, Background, Higher Education
Oklahoma Univ., Norman. Bilingual Education Multifunctional Resource Center. – 1993
The federally funded Bilingual Education Multifunctional Resource Center (BEMRC) provides support services to programs and individuals serving students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee. LEP students in the mostly rural areas come from…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Limited English Speaking
Jhin, Kyo R. – 1975
The document is the final report for fiscal year 1974-75 of a rural adult secondary education demonstration project sponsored by the regional agency, Top of Alabama Regional Education Service Agency (TARESA), serving five northeastern Alabama counties. Program features include the use of educational television on a statewide basis and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Continuing Education Centers
