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Download full textNortheast Regional Center for Rural Development, University Park, PA. – 1996
Pathways from Poverty is a public policy education and research initiative organized by the Rural Sociological Society's Task Force on Persistent Rural Poverty and the four regional rural development centers. This publication focuses on project efforts in the Northeast and includes three sections. The first section describes the Pathways from…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Education, Community Services, Educational Opportunities
Castle, Emery, Ed.; Baldwin, Barbara, Ed. – 1991
The theme of this conference proceedings of the National Rural Studies Committee is "rural areas in an urbanized region." The presentations cover such issues as urbanization, rural land use, public policies, farmland preservation, environmental policy, natural resources, land management, land-grant university reform, cooperative…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Educational Change, Extension Education, Geography
Castle, Emery, Ed.; Baldwin, Barbara, Ed. – 1989
The National Rural Studies Committee seeks to identify important rural problems and encourage scholarly work on such problems. This annual meeting focused on the relationships between rural poverty and race relations and between rural and urban problems. Individual papers are: (1) "The Rural South as Seen by a Historical Geographer," by…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Labor Force Development
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1986
Developing countries in Asia and the Pacific are undergoing a critical period in rural development. As part of a plan for integrated rural development, education has shifted its priorities to equalizing access to educational opportunities and improving quality of instruction. Representatives from Bangladesh, China, India, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal,…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Planning
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). International Inst. for Educational Planning. – 2002
More than half of the world's population, and more than 70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas where hunger, illiteracy, and low school achievement are common. Education in rural areas is crucial for achieving sustainable development. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and UNESCO's International Institute…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Agriculture, Community Involvement
Fordham, Paul, Ed. – 1980
The six-chapter book highlights the main issues and findings of the 1979 New Delhi Conference on Non-formal Education for Development. Chapter 1 defines non-formal education, discusses development needs, and discusses motivation at the political, operational, and participatory level. Chapter 1 includes two case studies of non-formal education in…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Frese, Wolfgang, Ed. – 1980
A total of 47 papers representing the broad research and extension interests related to rural areas are included in this volume. The 13 sessions are entitled Rural Structure and Process, Industrialization, Migration, Health and Alcohol, Quality of Life, Occupations and Work, Applied Sociology, Education, Network Analysis, Poverty, Status…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Consumer Economics
