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National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1990
Home to 65 million people, rural America is no longer insulated from national and international events. Once dependent entirely upon agriculture and natural resource industries, today rural America relies upon manufacturing and service industries. Jobs and other income opportunities in rural America must respond to global business cycles and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Higher Education, Land Grant Universities
New Frontiers in Education, 1976
The rural development program described here works toward integrating education with problems of the masses in Maharashtra, India. Seventeen graduates from six universities and a rural institute live in the villages and work in agricultural development and extension (providing supervision and demonstration) and in social education and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Graduates, Community Development, Developing Nations
Idaho State Dept. of Labor, Boise. Idaho Rural Partnership. – 1999
This directory provides an easy-to-use listing of development resources for Idaho community leaders, business owners, and rural development practitioners. The main section lists agencies and associations relevant to small business and community development, and includes contact information. Some entries also include a brief description. Similar…
Descriptors: College Programs, Community Development, Economic Development, Higher Education
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS. – 1999
The Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) is one of four regional rural development centers in the nation. SRDC coordinates rural development research and extension education programs cooperatively with the 29 land-grant institutions in 13 Southern states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. This annual report outlines activities undertaken by…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Development, Higher Education, Human Capital
Martin, Kenneth E.; Luloff, A. E. – 1987
The diminishing role of the federal government in rural development has created an opportunity for new initiatives in this area. One potentially useful response is the creation of a state-rural policy center. Such centers can combine the efforts of land grant institutions, extension services, and state universities in the development and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Development, Federal State Relationship, Government Role
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS. – 1996
This annual report of the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) describes the agency's extension and research activities from October 1, 1995, to October 1, 1996. SRDC is one of four regional centers coordinating rural development research and extension education programs cooperatively with the land-grant institutions. SRDC cooperates with 29…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Development, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Jiggins, Janice; Roling, Niels – 1994
Over the last decade, there have been rapid developments in field methodologies within participatory approaches to rural and agricultural development. At the same time, the use of "soft systems" methodologies for bringing potentially conflictual or disparate actors together for action has spread from the business world to other applications. These…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Agents, College Curriculum, Community Action
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Ames, IA. – 1994
The four Regional Rural Development Centers are linked to the land-grant institutions and engage in activities and projects that seek to improve the social and economic well-being of rural people. This combined report of the four Centers begins with a highlighted project from each Center. The projects are presented in some detail to provide…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Development, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Emery, Mary E. – 1990
Lewis-Clark State College, Idaho, developed a model program, Partnerships Project, designed to provide rural community residents with access to higher education and to assist communities in increasing their local capacity for development. In pursuing these objectives, the program helped to change the nature of the postsecondary undertaking in…
Descriptors: Community Development, Dropouts, Higher Education, Models
Findlay, E. Weldon; And Others – 1980
The University of Guelph Rural Development Outreach Project (RDOP) as it was conceived, organized and utilized in rural communities in Ontario is the major focus of this document; the concluding sections describe some of the problems of Outreach implementation and suggest some possible courses for continuing and expanding the project. There is…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Background, Change Agents, College Role
Snead, Sam; Clyburn, Gay – 1991
This annual report of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) presents statements from the leadership and papers on issues of prominent importance in the state higher education systems. Following a display of photographs of board of director members, brief greetings from the board's chair, Eugene M. Hughes, and the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Development, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Kulich, Jindra – 1993
This seventh volume of the bibliography contains 891 items. An introduction discusses previous volumes in the series, countries covered, and organization of the bibliography. Periodicals searched and the 20 categories used throughout the bibliography are listed. Selected items represent the broadest possible concept of adult education. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Annotated Bibliographies, Apprenticeships
Smith, Douglas C. – 1981
Traditional and nontraditional education in Taiwan are considered, based on interviews with educators and scholars in Taiwan, observations, and research materials. To provide a picture of the evolution of academe in the Chinese-Taiwan setting, attention is directed to philosophy, history, academic ethics and excellence, methodology, and policy…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Standards, Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education