Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
Author
| Anderson, Norm | 1 |
| Boerner, Heather | 1 |
| Cordier, Mary Hurlbut | 1 |
| Davis, Patricia, Ed. | 1 |
| Dreier, William H. | 1 |
| Eastman, Robert D. | 1 |
| Horn, Jerry, Ed. | 1 |
| Maes, Sue C. | 1 |
| Schonert, Kimberly A. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 4 |
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Books | 1 |
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
| Historical Materials | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
| Two Year Colleges | 1 |
Audience
| Policymakers | 1 |
Location
| Iowa | 7 |
| Kansas | 2 |
| Nebraska | 2 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
| Kentucky | 1 |
| Missouri | 1 |
| North Dakota | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 1 |
| South Dakota | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkBoerner, Heather – Community College Journal, 2015
Partnerships between the USDA and rural colleges are one approach that allows individual students and regional economies to fulfill their potential. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made a decision to be involved with rural community colleges, which has really made a difference on what is happening on campus. Through a dizzying array…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Rural Schools, Rural Education, Rural Areas
Download full textHorn, Jerry, Ed.; Davis, Patricia, Ed. – 1985
The proceedings consist of the entire major addresses of Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Steve Miller, and Walter Turner, and abbreviated versions of 29 other papers or presentations. The materials deal with a variety of rural-focused topics: women (Evelyn Hausmann); teacher career ladder plans (Paul Burden); inservice (Robert Norton, Myron…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Anderson, Norm – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1993
A physics teacher at rural Cedar Falls High School (Iowa) describes how teacher telecommunication networks provided ongoing support following summer teacher workshops, his inability to get fellow teachers engaged in telecommunication, and the benefits of a telecommunication network to rural teachers. (SV)
Descriptors: High Schools, Higher Education, Information Networks, Personal Narratives
Maes, Sue C. – 1981
Operating under a grant, the University for Man (UFM) in Manhattan, Kansas, tested the transferability of the UFM free university/community education model using four existing statewide delivery systems (public libraries, a private college consortium, a state cooperative extension service, an office of rural affairs) in five states: Kentucky,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Consortia, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewedSchonert, Kimberly A.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1991
This study of 174 students graduating from 11 small rural high schools in Iowa found that students felt themselves well prepared by their schools, that 80 percent went on to postsecondary education, and that most of these achieved a degree. Results are discussed with regard to the influence of the rural school and community in facilitating…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates, High Schools
Dreier, William H.; Eastman, Robert D. – 1979
A two-day exchange between staff of the University of Northern Iowa at Cedar Falls and the Burt Community School proved successful for all participants. The university team (professors, graduate students, and senior students who had completed student teaching) became responsible for the education of the Burt students while the Burt teachers and…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Educational Experiments, Experiential Learning, Extension Education
Cordier, Mary Hurlbut – 1992
This book depicts the lives of women who taught school in the late 19th and early 20th centuries on the prairies and plains of Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. The book is based on the narratives, letters, and diaries of 96 schoolwomen and on interviews with living pioneers, memoirs, school reports, photographs, and other documents. Part 1 includes…
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Practices
