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Weaver, Russell – Journal of Extension, 2016
This article reports on an analysis of the effects of a quasinatural experiment in which 16 rural communities participated in public discussion, leadership training, and community visioning as part of an Extension program at Montana State University. Difference-in-differences methods reveal that key U.S. Census socioeconomic indicators either…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Community Coordination, Resilience (Psychology), Leadership Training
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Lachapelle, Paul; Austin, Eric; Clark, Daniel – Journal of Extension, 2010
Community strategic visioning is a citizen-based planning process in which diverse sectors of a community collectively determine a future state and coordinate a plan of action. Twenty-one communities in rural Montana participated in a multi-phase poverty reduction program that culminated in a community strategic vision process. Research on this…
Descriptors: Community Development, Poverty, Definitions, Strategic Planning
White, Stephen; And Others – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1988
Describes a Montana project to improve vocational education and facilitate the transition from school to work for rural, special needs students. Examines the duties of the vocational resource educator, as consultant to 11 school districts and coordinator with adult service agencies and employers in the community. (SV)
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Educational Innovation, Job Placement, Resource Staff