Five years ago, the TI-IN Network launched the first private long-distance interactive television network. Via satellite, it now beams live televised interactive courses taught by master teachers to thousands of high school students scattered across 29 states. Begun as a public and private joint venture with the Education Service Center Region 20…

The Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine (Kentucky) trains primary care physicians for practice in rural Appalachian communities. Describes the medical school's creation, funding, and mission; scholarships and provision of textbooks and supplies to students; rural residency requirements; and new approaches to medical education and to…

This paper provides a foundation for researchers in mathematics education and vocational education (now commonly called career and technical education) to begin exploring an interdisciplinary research agenda that will create new knowledge and innovations for living and working in rural areas in the 21st century. The need for interdisciplinary…

A search of Dissertation Abstracts International, 1989-93, identified 196 doctoral dissertations concerned with rural education. Dissertations were assigned to one or more topics and subtopics of the Rural Education Research and Development Menu. "Overall effectiveness of rural schools" received 121 of 248 assignments, followed by human…

Discusses interactive telecommunications technology used in statewide distance-education networks. Describes Kentucky Educational Television's Star Channels; the TVA's Upper East Tennessee Educational Cooperative; Mississippi 2000 Project, linking high schools and Mississippi State University; EdNet, West Virginia's satellite network; and the…

Introduced suburban preservice teachers to rural education by providing opportunities for educational interactions with teachers and students in rural schools. Teacher education classes were enhanced by conducting them on a rural, institution-owned campus. Research shows that these courses maintain at least comparable academic rigor to those on…

We welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2014, taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 28 to 30 of June, 2014. Education, as an important right in our contemporary world, began since we exist. Knowledge and skills were passed by adults to the young, and cultures began to extend their experiences through various…

Brigham Young University is engaged in a program to recruit and train teachers to function successfully in rural school settings. An education consortium composed of educators representative of county school districts, the university, the regional service center, and the Utah State Educational Agency was formed to initiate and operate a teacher…

A cooperative experiment among Pennsylvania rural communities and the University of Delaware and La Salle College, this course ("Re-Emerging Issues in Social Welfare: The Rural and Small Community") was developed to expose urban students to a rural environment and to utilize rural educational resources. (JC)

The particular needs and problems of rural community colleges and technical colleges are discussed, and efforts of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) to improve the situation are reported. (LBH)

Describes Learn Alaska, an electronic educational system run jointly by the University of Alaska and the state Department of Education. Explains use of teleconferencing, videotex, teletext, and software teledelivery. (JM)

Suggests that a course in desktop publishing can provide students at rural schools with experience equivalent to internships. Notes that the course provided students with real-world experience and benefited the university in terms of services and public relations. (RS)

A simulated distance learning experience showed planners that problems exist and are manageable, that it is difficult to change teaching methodologies once a class has begun, that the experience can incorporate several teaching methods but they must be well-planned in advance, and that teacher training is essential. (JOW)

Assesses the distinguished coaching career of Cam Henderson, who won over 611 games in 36 seasons of college basketball and coached over 151 college football wins at West Virginia colleges, mainly at Marshall University (Huntington). His influence has been so pervasive that Marshall University's basketball arena is named in his honor. (LP)

This paper contextualizes rural education as a marginalized space within the spectrum of American education, describing what constitutes rural in a variety of contexts, summarizing current issues in rural education, and critiquing how mainstream construction of the purposes and instrumentalities of the one best system sustains rural marginality,…