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Kimani, Elishiba Njambi; Kombo, Donald Kisilu – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
Poverty is a dehumanising condition for every one. It erodes human rights of the affected whether women or men. Poverty subjects an individual to a state of powerlessness, hopelessness, and lack of self-esteem, confidence, and integrity, leading to a situation of multidimensional vulnerability. Poverty has a gender dimension since women and men…
Descriptors: Poverty, Gender Differences, Safety, Economically Disadvantaged
MDC, Inc., 2008
MDC's mission is to help organizations and communities close the gaps that separate people from opportunity. The organization has been working to create positive change in disadvantaged communities for 40 years--by conducting research and demonstrating effective programs at the community level. MDC focuses on three areas: education, economic and…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Philanthropic Foundations, Job Training, Private Financial Support
Drabenstott, Mark; Sheaff, Katharine – 2001
In the past, rural America often relied on Washington for policy responses to its challenges, but federal policy has been slow to adapt to the broad changes taking place in so many rural communities. New approaches to rural policy have taken root in some states. Georgia's OneGeorgia Authority will oversee a series of economic development programs…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Government Role, Job Training, Labor Force Development
MDC, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC. – 2002
The Duke Endowment's Program for the Rural Carolinas is a 5-year effort to assist the revitalization of rural communities. Guiding principles of the program are that the rural Carolinas matter, this generation of workers matters, effective community development involves the entire community, solutions must be locally determined, healthy…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Economic Development
Reid, J. Norman – Rural Development Perspectives, 1999
Describes rural implementation of the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities program, which combines flexible long-term financing with strategic planning and performance benchmarking to empower impoverished communities to address structural problems comprehensively. Impressive 3-year results include job creation; improved community services;…
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Development, Community Planning, Federal Aid
Liston, Cynthia D.; Swanson, Linda L. – Rural America, 2001
Innovative rural development practices at community colleges are reviewed. Factors that can facilitate replication of these practices include the quality of college leadership, the state system in which community colleges operate, and funding mechanisms. Policy recommendations include increasing resources, supporting college networking,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Development, Educational Cooperation, Educational Innovation
Southern Rural Development Center, State College, MS. – 1978
Moving rural development program and research information to users summarizes the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) Plan of Work for 1978. One of 4 regional centers set up by the 1972 Rural Development Act, SRDC coordinates cooperation between research and extension at 28 land-grant institutions in 13 states and Puerto Rico which have rural…
Descriptors: Action Research, Community Development, Economic Development, Environmental Influences
Tecle, Tesfai – 1975
As Ethiopia has designed and implemented numerous intensive (geographically concentrated) and minimum-package rural development programs between 1967-75, the purpose of this monograph is to: (1) trace the evolution of these package projects; (2) analyze package performances; and (3) identify the implications for Ethiopian planners and policy…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Community Involvement, Credit (Finance), Employment
Esbeck, Tim, Comp.; Falcone, Lisa, Ed. – 1993
In developing this compendium of exemplary economic development practices among small and/or rural two-year colleges, the American Association of Community Colleges Commission on Small/Rural Community Colleges (CSMCC) sent out a call for program descriptions to all community colleges with less than 3,000 full-time employees or that were…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development
Rosenfeld, Stuart A.; Sheaff, Katharine – 2002
Some regional two-year and four-year colleges are moving beyond their traditional mission of education to take proactive roles in promoting the economic development of their regions and communities. A study of regional colleges that help rural businesses and labor forces adapt to the challenges of rural economies found five outstanding goals of…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Role, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Eller, Ronald; Martinez, Ruben; Pace, Cynthia; Pavel, Michael; Barnett, Lynn – 1999
This brief reports on the Ford Foundation's establishment of the Rural Community College Initiative (RCCI) for selected institutions in economically distressed areas of the Southeast, Deep South, Southwest, Appalachia, and western Indian reservations. This is the fourth report in a series by the RCCI Documentation Team. The RCCI program challenges…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Development, Economically Disadvantaged
Pregot, Judi – 1991
Mount Wachusett Community College's (MWCC's) Workplace Partnership Project (WPP) was undertaken to raise the awareness of local agencies to the linkage possibilities among MWCC, economic development leaders, and literacy programs; and to develop a tutor training program for rural workforce literacy tutors. Brochures and flyers publicizing the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Community Development
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. – 1974
The key role of the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to help local people make rural America a better place to live and work. The Rural Development (RD) Committee structure, conceived in 1969, consists of national, state, regional, and local committees which aid the USDA. During fiscal year 1974, USDA and the State Extension Services…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Committees, Community Services, Environmental Influences
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 2000
In 2000, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), in cooperation with local development districts, nonprofit organizations, and many small municipalities, expanded programs to help Appalachia's distressed counties become economically competitive. The effort calls for increased funding for technical assistance and capacity building in distressed…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Counties, Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State. – 2003
The Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) seeks to strengthen the capacity of the region's 29 land-grant institutions to address critical, contemporary rural development issues impacting the well-being of people and communities in the rural South. Work force development, education, leadership training, food security, civic engagement, urban…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Colleges, Conferences, Educational Cooperation