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Orphan, Cecilia M.; McClure, Kevin R. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2019
Recent media reporting and research suggest that regional comprehensive universities (RCUs) and other postsecondary institutions may play an integral role in the welfare of rural regions, yet empirical research on the regional service of rural postsecondary institutions is limited. The purpose of this study was to examine how a single RCU serves…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, School Community Relationship, Regional Characteristics, Geographic Regions
Smith, Eldon D.; Anschel, Kurt R. – 1987
This paper questions whether public concerns about educational quality and slow economic development in Appalachia are being addressed adequately and suggests that the problem of lagging educational performance is rooted in the social and economic environment within which schools operate. Recent high unemployment in south central Kentucky and its…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Change, Community Development, Economic Development