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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
Reed, B. J.; Paulsen, David F. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1990
A survey of 135 small towns in Nebraska found that half had undertaken economic development projects; development activity and success were related to community size (with the smallest communities lacking both local resources and outside support); and most community leaders perceived their development efforts as unproductive. (SV)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Development, Community Leaders, Community Planning
Vandehaar, Alan, Ed. – 1989
This booklet contains summaries of workshop presentations at the conference on community development. This conference brought local community officials and leaders together with interested citizens to learn about successful rural community development activities occurring in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Sessions covered four main…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Community Planning
Kobberdahl, Wayne, Comp. – 1989
This volume contains summaries of presentations and excerpts from workshops at a conference organized by the Cooperative Extension Services of Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri. The conference brought together community officials and leaders from the four-state area to share experiences and gain new ideas about community development. Topics…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developmental Programs, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
Spears, Jacqueline D.; And Others – 1990
Rural America has been experiencing dramatic changes and is becoming an increasingly diverse society. To explore the process by which rural schools define and work towards change, case studies were conducted on two rural schools that have established unusually strong links with their communities. Information was collected by personal interviews…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Swain, Larry B. – 1989
Rural communities are often dependent upon their agricultural bases, which have undergone drastic changes. For communities to remain viable as economic units certain measures must be taken. Strategic planning can assist communities in assessing their situations and in developing plans and implementation schedules. Initially used in the business…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Change, Community Coordination