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Bloomquist, Leonard E. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1988
Examines trends in nature of work and workers' educational achievement levels in rural and urban regions. While most rural industries specialize in "routine" manufacturing, the South and West have grown in "complex" (often high-tech) manufacturing jobs. Suggests key to growth of complex jobs is worker education. (Author/TES)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assembly (Manufacturing), Differences, Difficulty Level
Download full textRural Development Perspectives, 1995
This special theme issue reports key results from a comprehensive assessment of skill development among the rural workforce and of rural education and job training in rural areas. This comprehensive assessment had three goals: to develop better measures of rural skills than were previously available, to identify human capital initiatives that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Dropouts, Educational Attainment
