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Pigott, Daniel A. – History of Education Quarterly, 1990
Examines the effect of the British educational scholarships created by the 1921 Corn Production Acts (Repeal). Points out that the act enabled sons and daughters of agricultural laborers to attend secondary schools in order to obtain agricultural education. Concludes that the scholarships helped the rural youth, the agricultural economy, and the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Laborers, Educational History
Gore, Deborah, Ed. – Goldfinch: Iowa History for Young People, 1988
This issue focuses on Iowa's role in the historical development of the 4-H youth program. "Roots in Iowa" and "Jessie Field Shambaugh: The Mother of 4-H" (J. Friedel) describes the rural Iowan roots of the 4-H program, which today is located in 80 different countries, and give the story of its founder. Jessie Shambaugh, a rural…
Descriptors: International Programs, Nonschool Educational Programs, Program Development, Rural Education
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Psacharopoulos, George; Kazamias, Andreas M. – Higher Education, 1980
The historical origins of student activism in Greece and an analysis of present activism in nine institutions of postsecondary education are described. The empirical analysis was based on a sample of nearly 1,500 students and revealed that activism relates mainly to the regional origin of the student. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Activism, College Students, Educational History, Educational Opportunities
Gaumnitz, Walter H.; Wright, Grace S. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1948
More than 7 out of 10 public high schools of all types in the United States today are located in rural centers of less than 2,500 population. The problems of providing education for all rural youth through the small high schools in these areas are manifold. Significant progress is being made, but there is much ahead that needs to be done. This…
Descriptors: Teacher Selection, Rural Areas, Out of School Youth, Community Centers
Auret, Diana – 2000
This book documents the history, successes, and failures of Save the Children's farmworker program in Zimbabwe, 1981-98. The report explores workers' past and present living and working conditions on commercial farms and describes how the program promoted a progression from workers with a migrant mentality to the building of functional…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Health Care, Adult Basic Education, Agricultural Laborers
US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1946
The Rural War Production Training Program was inaugurated at the beginning of the war primarily to provide training in elementary skills to farm youth not needed on farms, sufficient to enable them to secure employment in defense industries. Needs changed, however, and the production of food crops throughout the Nation adequate to feed ourselves,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Program Administration, Grants, Rural Youth