Discusses education for rural development in India: to prepare rural children and adults to find gainful employment in developing the resources of their village, to produce, earn and procure enough for a good life for all in each village. (Author)

POPULATION SHIFTS AND GROWTH, COUPLED WITH AN INCREASINGLY INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETY, HAVE PRODUCED DRAMATIC CHANGES IN RURAL SOCIETIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN RURAL AMERICAN AND OTHER RURAL SOCIETIES IS PRESENTED IN THIS BOOK, WITH MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATIONS OF TRENDS IN SOCIETY,…

Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC) is a public, comprehensive community college serving a six-county district in Northwest Iowa. The College offers more than 60 occupational programs and a wide variety of liberal arts transfer options, in addition to participating in community enhancement initiatives. The total population of the 6…

Agriculture and the railroad were significant forces in the development of Suwannee County, Florida, formally created in 1858 but explored and settled beginning some 300 years earlier. Lumber and cotton caused an early 20th century boom in the county which soon saw the negative effects of both industries. The introduction of tobacco in the late…

In 1977 leaders of Hardee County, Florida, listed relationships and attitudes of residents, rural atmosphere, environmental conditions, and economic potential among the county's strong points, and public service and facility improvements, developing economic potential, recreational and entertainment development, and planning and zoning as its most…