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Direct linkFriedel, Janice Nahra; Reed, Jared W. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2019
This chapter discusses an innovative state public policy which has incentivized Iowa's community colleges to become the economic drivers of their region. Created in the 1983 legislation, it continues to this day to affect Iowa's rural communities and their colleges.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Policy, State Policy, Public Policy
Download full textEmery, Mary – North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, 2008
In 1994 the Ford Foundation launched the Rural Community College Initiative (RCCI) as a "national demonstration project to help community colleges in distressed regions move their people and communities toward prosperity. It challenged community colleges to become catalysts for economic development and supported aggressive efforts to increase…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Community Colleges, Tribally Controlled Education, Rural Schools
