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Download full textEller, Ronald D., Ed. – 1987
The 15 papers presented in this conference report explore changes in Appalachian mountain life over the preceding three decades; the persistence of old problems, economic and cultural; and alternative paths for the future. Opening remarks by Wendell Berry focus on the value of community and on the survival of a community in an externally…
Descriptors: Community Action, Developmental Programs, Economic Development, Economic Factors
Bollier, David – 1988
An issue of growing importance in rural economic development is the role of telecommunications and information technologies. Looking prospectively at the rural economies of the 1990s and beyond, a conference of 25 participants from various fields of expertise met to address the issues of how rural America will be affected, both positively and…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Facsimile Transmission, Information Networks, Information Technology
Meyer, Richard, Ed. – 1988
This booklet contains both the proceedings of a conference on the rural elderly and the testimony submitted to a field hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Aging, which was conducted during the conference. Papers presented examine the nature of rural areas and the rural population, services available for the rural…
Descriptors: Community Services, Frail Elderly, Health Needs, Health Services
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, MO. Center for the Study of Rural America. – 2000
In April 2000, over 250 rural leaders from around the nation gathered in Kansas City, Missouri, to discuss rural America's future, its challenges, and policies to meet those challenges. Conference participants agreed that the current pattern of uneven rural growth is likely to persist and that agriculture will remain a key sector in the rural…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Futures (of Society)
Castle, Emery, Ed.; Baldwin, Barbara, Ed. – 1990
From an interdisciplinary perspective, this proceedings of the National Rural Studies Committee examines how rural people, communities, and institutions have and are adapting to the enormous changes of recent decades, especially the 1980s. The specialized scholarly presentations cover such diverse issues as rural family, public policies,…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Development, Economic Change, Institutions
Korsching, Peter F., Ed.; Gildner, Judith E., Ed. – 1986
Texts of 12 research papers are presented in this proceedings of a 1985 conference specifically focusing on the interdependence of agriculture and rural communities. Titles of Session I papers providing information on the current situation and trends in agriculture and rural communities are "An Overview of the Nonmetro Economy and the Role of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Agriculture, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Castle, Emery, Ed.; Baldwin, Barbara, Ed. – 1992
This proceedings contains 11 papers that focus on issues and problems of rural communities in the Southwest. Papers include: (1) "Dilemmas of a New Age: A Half-Millennium of Landscape Change in New Mexico and the Southwest," by Paul F. Starrs; (2) "American Indians Today," by C. Matthew Snipp; (3) "The Southwest: Global…
Descriptors: American Indians, Conservation (Environment), Demography, Economic Development
Daly, Carson, Ed.; Stern, Joyce D., Ed. – 1989
This collection features 11 papers from a national symposium on rural education. The papers are consistent in noting that while there are common elements among all schools regardless of location, rural schools operate within a unique context. Several papers address the diversity of rural locales and the challenges educators face in such locales.…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Areas
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1986
Rural residents have traditionally received fewer essential health care services than their urban counterparts because of lack of coherent health care policy, institutional and regulatory impediments, and the special costs of delivering health care in a rural setting. Lack of adequate health services affects all rural residents, including…
Descriptors: Health Care Costs, Health Needs, Health Personnel, Health Programs
Edgar, Jim; And Others – Illinois Libraries, 1986
Presents papers from Illinois State Library and Shawnee Library System's "Libraries on the MOVE" conference focusing on how libraries can impact economic/cultural climate of an area. Topics addressed included information services of rural libraries; marketing; rural library development; library law; information access; interagency…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agency Cooperation, Information Technology, Library Role
Drabenstott, Mark – 2000
Over 250 rural leaders attended the conference "Beyond Agriculture: New Policies for Rural America," held in Kansas City (Missouri) in April 2000. The conference began with an assessment of where the rural economy and rural policy are headed in the new century. Speakers suggested that the rural economy is likely to remain a mix of…
Descriptors: Conferences, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Futures (of Society)
National Univ. Continuing Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1987
The report presents summaries of presentations given at a December 1986 University Forum in which leaders from government, higher education, and the private sector examined trends behind the current decline in the rural economy and identified areas offering potential for revitalization. An introductory paper by William H. Gray is titled,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Development, Educational Economics
Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Appalachian Center. – 1987
The four conceptual/academic themes for the Second Annual University of Kentucky Conference on Appalachia were: School-Community Relationships; Economic Development through Education; Politics of Democratic Empowerment; and Politics of Literacy. Other session topics included: Successful Dropout Programs in Appalachia; Innovative Programs and…
Descriptors: Appalachian Studies, Cultural Background, Dropouts, Educational Change
Hackett, Judith C., Ed.; McLemore, Lisa Ann, Ed. – 1988
The conference reported in this proceedings brought together states' rural development policymakers in an effort to identify the programs and research needed to establish successful state policies. Topics of papers presented at the conference and included in the proceedings covered: (1) telecommunications and computer technology as sources of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Economic Change, Economic Development, Government Role
Castle, Emery, Ed.; Baldwin, Barbara, Ed. – 1988
The purposes of the National Rural Studies Committee (NRSC) are to develop a comprehensive and coherent framework for viewing rural area problems, and to provide legitimacy for rural studies as an academic field of specialization. This first NRSC meeting focused on the picture of rural America drawn in American literature, the nature of employment…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Conservation (Environment), Economic Development, Economic Factors
