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Download full textDivita, Charles, Jr., Ed.; And Others – 1973
The Rural Community Assistance Consortium (RCAC) was established to increase member schools' ability to attract and maintain funded programs and qualified resource personnel to upgrade human and community resources in rural areas. The RCAC consists of 15 predominantly black land-grant colleges and Tuskegee Institute in 15 southern and border…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Community Resources, Community Services, Consortia
Peer reviewedCoombs, Philip H. – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1982
A switchover by any government to a more integrated, community-based approach to rural development will inevitably require the recruitment, training, and effective "backstopping" of large numbers of front-line workers. (SSH)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Organizations, Community Services
Waltman, Gretchen H. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1989
Reviews social work consultation models and describes applications of consultation techniques in rural communities. Discusses following steps in developing rural consultation services: making contact, negotiating contract, formulating goals, problem solving, action, evaluation, and termination. Encourages consultation services development as…
Descriptors: Careers, Community Coordination, Community Services, Consultants
PDF pending restorationHeise, Dorothy A., Comp. – 1995
This directory lists 227 journals in the National Agricultural Library's (NAL) collection that are related to social and economic aspects of rural development. The directory includes both United States and international journals. Each citation includes title, NAL call number, NAL holdings information, the International Standard Serial Number…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Services, Databases, Economic 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
Chugh, Ram L. – 1997
This paper examines the role that colleges and universities play in the economy of rural northern New York. It is based on a 1992-93 survey of 20 of the 21 colleges and universities in the region. Parts of the survey were updated in 1997. The study found that the institutions played a vital role in assisting businesses and community organizations…
Descriptors: Business Administration, College Role, Community Organizations, Community Services
King, Gary W. – 1972
The W. K. Kellogg Foundation, since its inception in 1930, has assisted programs in health, education, and agriculture. The programs in agriculture are usually concerned with rural society and the quality of rural life rather than technical agriculture. The agricultural programs are international and range from domestication of the musk ox to…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Community Services, Developing Nations
Woods, Mike D.; Doeksen, Gerald A. – 1982
Using the Oklahoma State University (OSU) computerized community simulation model, extension professionals can provide local decision makers with information derived from an impact model that is dynamic, community specific, and easy to adapt to different communities. The four main sections of the OSU model are an economic account, a capital…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Community Services, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Simulation
Madden, J. Patrick – 1977
The land grant universities have, for the most part, performed the organizational and procedural processes stipulated by Title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972 and have succeeded in helping rural people satisfy high priority needs, thereby demonstrating that Title V is a valid approach to rural development. The three-year pilot period,…
Descriptors: Community Services, Employment, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. – 1971
As the first part of a four part report to the U.S. Congress pursuant to Title IX, Section 901 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, this second annual report is limited to rural development activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) delivery system (the USDA National Rural Development Committee, State Rural Development Committee, and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Committees, Community Development, Community Services
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. – 1972
As the first part of a four part report to the U.S. Congress pursuant to Title IX, Section 901 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, this third annual report is limited to rural development activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) delivery system (the USDA National Rural Development Committee, State Rural Development Committee, and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Committees, Community Development, Community Services
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. – 1973
As part 1 of a four part report to the U.S. Congress pursuant to Title IX, Section 901 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, this fourth annual report is limited to rural development activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) delivery system (the USDA National Rural Development Committee, State Rural Development Committee, and county…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Committees, Community Development, Community Services
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS. – 1997
This annual report of the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) describes the agency's extension and research activities from October, 1996, to September 30, 1997. 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, Community Services, Economic Development
McIntyre, Marilyn N.; Madden, J. Patrick – 1977
Work plans and questionnaires completed by program leaders supplied information for this directory, which describes 900 projects initiated by the 50 states and Puerto Rico under Title V of the 1972 Rural Development Act; it includes a personnel index and a detailed subject index. The entries, arranged alphabetically by state, include a map of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Coordination, Employment
