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Moser, Collette, Comp. – 1973
Examining what manpower services are to be delivered, how they can be delivered, and how to gain the support of State and local governments, the conference on rural America aimed at improving equity of access for rural residents. The opening paper examines the delivery of public services in rural areas; the second session deals with the particular…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Conference Reports, Delivery Systems, Equal Facilities
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1977
Three Rural Education Conferences sponsored during 1977 by the National Institute of Education proposed to find ways to strengthen the capacity of people at the local level to identify and solve their own education problems. The first conference focused on the nature of rural communities and the political, social, economic, and geographic…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies
Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, Ithaca, NY. – 1980
Issues clarification, skills and techniques, and methods and strategy in Extension public policy education were the themes of the conference. The first keynote speaker, R.J. Hildreth, justified public policy education by home economist and community resource development educators. The second keynote speaker, J.B. Wyckoff, described the function of…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Resources
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1983
The report catalogs strengths, defines problems, and establishes goals for the next two decades for rural New York in the area of transportation. Describing where rural New York is today, section one lists 12 trends, 8 strengths, and 16 weaknesses affecting transporation. Trends include increased rural population inflow and demands on local…
Descriptors: Costs, Local Issues, Long Range Planning, Maintenance
Wurschmidt, Todd N.; Phillips, G. Howard – 1979
To aid communities with similar concerns, this bulletin shares the proceedings of a workshop which focused on local issues surrounding rural crime and its prevention. Eight members of the Fairfield County (Ohio) Resource Development Committee assessed the need for and support of a workshop, invited speakers, scheduled a meeting place, printed an…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Correctional Rehabilitation
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
Trends, strengths and assets, weaknesses and problem areas, goals, and public policy questions in the area of human relations and community life in rural New York state are presented with supporting statistics. Trends considered include rural and elderly rural population increases; suicide, homicide, and domestic violence rate increases; demands…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Services, Economic Opportunities, Human Relations