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An Anchor for the Region: Examining a Regional Comprehensive University's Efforts to Serve its Rural, Appalachian Community
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Orphan, Cecilia M.; McClure, Kevin R. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2019
Recent media reporting and research suggest that regional comprehensive universities (RCUs) and other postsecondary institutions may play an integral role in the welfare of rural regions, yet empirical research on the regional service of rural postsecondary institutions is limited. The purpose of this study was to examine how a single RCU serves…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, School Community Relationship, Regional Characteristics, Geographic Regions
Dreaming in Green: Service Learning, Global Engagement and the Liberal Arts at a North American University
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Cororaton, Claire; Handler, Richard – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2013
This article documents and analyses the uneasy, if not contradictory, relationship between service learning and liberal arts thinking in an undergraduate programme in Global Development Studies (GDS) at a North American University. As an undergraduate, Cororaton participated in a service-learning project to build a greenhouse in Mongolia; at the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Liberal Arts, Global Education, Curriculum Development
Patrick Henry Community College Crafts Initiative: A Work in Progress
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Ingram, Cynthia – Inquiry, 2006
The author explains how her college has worked with other institutions as part of CraftNet, a program supporting arts and crafts education and business in the surrounding communities.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Handicrafts, Studio Art, College Programs