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Direct linkPinheiro, Rómulo, Ed.; Young, Mitchell, Ed.; Šima, Karel, Ed. – Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education, 2018
This book analyses the role of universities as critical actors in the socio-economic development of peripheral regions in Norway and the Czech Republic. Examining the ambiguities of the traditional mission of a university in comparison to contemporary demands, the editors and contributors move past single-case analyses to adopt an integrated…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Role, Economic Development, Socioeconomic Status
Weiss, Marv; And Others – Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, 1987
Essays by Marv Weiss and Bruce Bryden; Jerry Young; D. Kent Sharples; and Kermit Lidstrom and Jordis Conrad identify issues and problems of particular concern to small, rural colleges, including student retention, faculty recruitment, image building, and the colleges' role in economic development. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Institutional Advancement
Peer reviewedCurrin, Earl C., Jr.; Sullins, W. Robert – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1988
Reports on the economic development activities of 237 small rural southeastern colleges. Reveals that most of the colleges provided basic skills training, career/vocational counseling, job placement services, short courses for company employees, and skills upgrading. Highlights the activities of colleges highly involved with rural economic…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Job Training
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
