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Peer reviewedAhlgren, Henry L. – Journal of Extension, 1973
Special Urban Issue. Former Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture defines rural development and urges leadership in the area to assure balanced growth in the nation. (DS)
Descriptors: Community Development, Dropouts, Federal Legislation, Population Distribution
Peer reviewedFliegel, Frederick C.; Sofranko, Andrew J. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1980
Compares the attitudes of newcomers to rural areas from cities with those of rural newcomers and rural residents on several growth and development issues. The research suggests that rural newcomers may be more likely to function as advocates of change in a local situation than former urbanites. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Dropouts, Economic Development
Smith, Russell L. – 1985
Rural economic development presents a paradox of growth in population and jobs without corresponding improvement in local economic well-being. Four forces may impede nonmetropolitan development efforts. Growth of multiestablishment corporations makes traditional regional economic development models unrealistic. Rural industrialization is socially,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Benefits, Community Development, Community Involvement
Download full textSchwarzweller, Harry K.; Brown, James S. – 1969
An investigation of the characteristic structuring of rural communities in Appalachia and the institutional channels for change which exist within such communities comprise this revised version of a paper read at the Extension Leaders Conference, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1968. Specifically, this essay discusses how education, the mass media,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Church Role, Community Development, Cultural Interrelationships
Peer reviewedReid, J. Norman – Research in Rural Education, 1989
Reviews current trends in the restructuring of rural economies and labor markets. Outlines metro-nonmetro differences in earnings and production sector job growth, by years of school completed. Discusses rural and community development solutions to local economic problems and the role of education in such development. Contains 15 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Change, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Mermelstein, Joanne; Sundet, Paul A. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1995
Draws on evidence concerning rural population, families, schools, churches, and communities to conclude that the conceptualization of rural as "different from urban" has no contemporary empirical support and that differences among rural areas are greater than rural-urban differences. Offers suggestions for refocusing social work practice on the…
Descriptors: Church Role, Community Development, Community Services, Delivery Systems
Smith-Mello, Michal – 1996
This report discusses trends affecting the future of rural development in Kentucky and describes strategies for leveraging more positive outcomes for rural communities. In addition to the enduring legacies of rural poverty, inadequate infrastructure, low educational attainment, and joblessness, contemporary rural Kentucky is also characterized by…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Leaders
