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Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2017
Rural communities all too often face scarce funding, instructors and facilities, forcing institutions to choose between offering a variety of introductory courses across a breadth of subjects or providing more narrowly focused, sequenced programs within one or two priority Career Clusters. Providing learners access to diverse career pathways in…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Rural Schools, Access to Education, Partnerships in Education
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Perkins, Thomas; Doyle, Diana; Wisniewski, Jane; Kaiser, Sarah; Vosler, Lynn; Amoo, Judith – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2007
How has a small midwestern rural community college contributed to the growth of the nation's largest direct marketer whose annual earnings exceed $1.5 billion? Discover how Western Nebraska Community College has developed a Corporate Academy and a Corporate Associate of Occupational Studies degree customized to meet the unique needs of employees…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Rural Schools, School Business Relationship, Partnerships in Education
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