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Peer reviewedHallowell, Ann – Rural Sociology, 1987
Information about 50 small-town governments in rural Vermont was analyzed to determine women's participation in town government. Results included the finding that percentage of offices held by women decreased as town size increased. Data suggested that women became politically active out of necessity and filled offices that reflected their…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Size, Elections, Females
Blisard, Herb – Small Town, 1992
Discusses the problems and impact of national trends on small towns and how small towns in eastern Washington have adapted to social and economic change. Illustrates how small towns try to address contemporary concerns such as computerization, the environment, and the expanding needs of their communities while continuing to hold on to their…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Life Style
Download full textRios, Betty Rose D. – 1988
Defining the concept "rural" to the satisfaction of demographers, policymakers, educational researchers, sociologists, journalists, and legislators is an ongoing and complex problem. As a sampling of definitions used by different researchers/agencies illustrates, the two categories of definitions of rural--qualitative and…
Descriptors: Community Size, Definitions, Demography, Enrollment
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1973
A working conference on the delivery of special education services in rural remote areas was conducted in December 1973 (Portland, Oregon). The 2 major purposes were to: (1) identify and explore general problems and potential ways to overcome them in rural areas of the western United States; and (2) provide a replicable process for a district,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Size, Conference Reports, Delivery Systems
Morrison, Peter A.; McCarthy, Kevin F. – 1982
Demographic and socioeconomic changes are reshaping the fortunes of small communities and pose policy issues. Such communities find it especialy difficult to deal with rapid growth or decline, or a switch from one to the other. Small communities now enjoy greater autonomy, but at the cost of reduced federal aid. Freed from federal mandates, each…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Services, Community Size, Financial Policy
Brennan, Roslin E.; Brennan, Mark – 1990
This study identified the needs, aspirations, and hindrances defining and delineating adult literacy education in the Riverina region, New South Wales, Australia. Information sources were policy, opinion, memories, literature, and statistics. A profile of the region showed that the population was basically white and of Anglo-Saxon heritage.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Attitudes
