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Emery, 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
Vandehaar, Alan, Ed. – 1989
This booklet contains summaries of workshop presentations at the conference on community development. This conference brought local community officials and leaders together with interested citizens to learn about successful rural community development activities occurring in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Sessions covered four main…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Community Planning
Kobberdahl, Wayne, Comp. – 1989
This volume contains summaries of presentations and excerpts from workshops at a conference organized by the Cooperative Extension Services of Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri. The conference brought together community officials and leaders from the four-state area to share experiences and gain new ideas about community development. Topics…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developmental Programs, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship