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Turnage, Martha A. – 1994
Saltville, Virginia, is a former company town whose main employer, a soda ash plant, shut down on July 1, 1971. The closure of the chemical plant displaced 700 workers, and created a crisis that threatened not only the existence of the town, but of the entire region. In response, Virginia Highlands Community College (VHCC), in cooperation with the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, College Role, Community Change, Community Colleges
Download full textNeff, Kenneth L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1962
In recent years there has been a marked increase in the output of literature linking economics with education. In the past, most of the professional literature in this area dealt either with educational finance (the economics of education) or, in a general way, with the role of education in economic development. Current literature continues to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Human Capital, Role of Education
