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Appalachia, 1986
Aimed at stimulating new jobs in Appalachia, especially through creation/expansion of small businesses, the 1986 workshop attracted 200 participants from throughout the region, including state and local officials and community and business leaders. Workshops addressed new developments in capital opportunities, market development strategies,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Innovation, Job Development, Marketing
Hoffman, Carl – Appalachia, 1995
The Southwest Virginia Education and Training Network (SVETN) is installing a fiber-optic network that enables the use of 2-way interactive television and that eventually will link 60 secondary schools and colleges in 16 southwest Virginia counties. Students in these rural schools can participate in advanced academic courses that would otherwise…
Descriptors: Computers, Distance Education, Educational Innovation, Higher Education
Appalachia, 1986
A panel on technology transfer considered ways in which educational instructions and industry could share attempts to innovate. Examples of technology transfer in action included Pennsylvania's Ben Franklin Partnership, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's program, and NASA's Technology Utilization Division. Results of an Appalachian Regional study…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Diffusion (Communication), Economic Development, Government Role
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1999
Innovative solutions to local problems in Appalachia were highlighted at the 1999 Ideas That Work conference. Presentation summaries focus on computer literacy and access to computers for middle school students, collaborative services for preschool children, youth programs, motivating students to attend college, training and technical assistance…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Programs, Conferences, Disadvantaged
Hoffman, Carl – Appalachia, 1993
Describes 3 of 17 innovative educational programs funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the Southern Governors' Association. Projects were designed to meet at least one of the four National Education Goals important to ARC: school readiness; adult literacy and lifelong learning; math-science education; and dropout prevention. (LP)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Early Childhood Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Innovation
Baldwin, Fred – Appalachia, 1994
Forward in the Fifth is an organization created to improve the quality of education in Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District, which had the lowest percentage of high school graduates in America. The organization has employed innovative ways to involve the whole community, resulting in widespread cooperation, as well as increased graduation rates…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Environment
