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Appalachia, 1977
With the help of grants for upgrading public facilities and with planning assistance, a small rural community in Alabama has succeeded in attracting 10 new industries and expanding 7. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Development, Dropouts, Futures (of Society), Industrialization
Ahmed, Wajihuddin – CERES, 1975
Peasant women are chained to their homes as child bearers and unpaid laborers working for their husbands. Employing women in rural industry would increase female status and decrease male dominance in the family. Also family size would shrink as women spend less time at home. (MR)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropouts, Employed Women, Industrialization
Presvelou, Clio – CERES, 1975
Rural women in developing countries usually produce food for home consumption. Since this food has no exchange value women engaged in subsistence agriculture rank low on the socioeconomic scale. Colonization which brings farm technology and education to men only further deteriorates women's status in agriculture. (MR)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropouts, Employed Women, Industrialization
Appalachia, 1975
Thirteen separate excerpts from the responses given to audience questions at the Mid-Appalachia White House Conference include remarks by President Ford and others of his Cabinet on education, energy, employment, rural development, the economic status of the nation, etc. (JC)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Dropouts, Economic Status, Education

And Others; Clemente, Frank – Rural Sociology, 1974
Descriptors: Area Studies, Community Characteristics, Community Role, Dropouts
Wagner, James R. – Appalachia, 1975
The Congressional Rural Caucus, the Midwest Caucus of Democratic Senators, and a number of Republican Senators are all focusing their attention on rural issues and problems. (Author)
Descriptors: Accountability, Dropouts, Federal Legislation, Government Role

Mitra, C. R. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1975
Education as an integrated part of the productive process of the rural Indian village is discussed, and eight main features of such an alternative educational system are presented. (LH)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Development

Sohoni, A. W.; Varma, Harish – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1975
Guidelines and objectives for organizing an educationally oriented farmers' fair for rural Indians are presented. Various activities are suggested and described, including: research farm visits, question and answer sessions between farmers and experts, farm equipment demonstrations, agro-industrial exhibitions, and competitions. (LH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Developing Nations

Harper, Charles W. – School Science and Mathematics, 1978
Approximately a half-century of American science history beginning in the period of the Revolutionary War is chronicled. (CP)
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Dropouts, History, Industry
Malassis, Louis – CERES, 1977
Examines the relationship between education and development in developing nations. Advocates the fostering of a technical humanism--the development of knowledge in all its forms as a basis for action. In this system, technical education is as highly valued as general education. The system, and its applications to rural education is discussed. (CP)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Developing Nations, Dropouts, Economic Development
Chinese Education, 1977
Reviews the economic and political benefits derived from revolutionary cadre training school projects as discussed in a Cadre School Work Conference. (AV)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Conference Reports, Dropouts

Bohlin, Karl M.; Ironside, R. Geoffrey – Journal of Leisure Research, 1976
When residents of a large city buy or rent cottages at a near-by resort area, very few economic benefits accrue to the local community since major, large expenditures are made in the city. The problem and possible solutions are discussed in this article. (JD)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Consumer Economics, Dropouts, Economic Factors
Coombs, Philip H. – Prospects, 1973
A report on nonformal education for rural development is extracted. The portions of the study presented discuss nonformal education in regard to providing information and guidelines to assess needs, planning effective and economic programs, developing means to strengthen the programs, and defining methods of participation by external agencies. (KM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Dropouts, Educational Development, Educational Needs

Coverdale, G. M. – Journal of Biological Education, 1973
The prosperity of developing countries largely depends upon rural development. Rural people must be made familiar with basic knowledge of biology which they can use in agriculture and other activities. (PS)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Farmer Education, Biology, Developing Nations
Prospects, 1973
The rationale underlying the emphasis of current UNESCO programs on renovation and reorientation of formal and nonformal systems of education in rural areas introduces a series of papers which emphasize the need for coordinated, long-term planning for rural development. (SM)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropouts, Educational Change, Educational Development