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Gillie, Angelo C., Sr. – 1975
The rural community college must be vocational in orientation and provide its students with social, economic, and political facts related to their lives and employment now and in the future. It must offer equal opportunity to consider and select training for either rural or urban occupations. In order to offer this diversity, a college must have a…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Job Skills
Download full textHensley, James – 1979
Based on a survey of seventeen Kentucky industries which revealed common problems of the rural worker, this project attempted (1) to design and field test a vocational development program that will increase the knowledge base concerning the economics of industry in the rural vocational student and (2) to design and field test a curriculum…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Career Planning, Dropouts
Dunn, Kathy – 1989
Capstone for a Competitive Edge Summer Camp--1989 was a pilot program formed with input by business and industry, rural vocational educators, and the rural advisory council in conjunction with the Arizona Department of Education and the Arizona Center for Vocational Education. The program's primary intent was to meet the needs of rural vocational…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, High Schools, Job Skills
Mote, Leona L.; And Others – 1986
A career training program funded by the Job Training Partnership Act was developed in Loudon County, Tennessee, to alleviate the stresses that are described in the hypothesis that occupational aspirations and expectations are lower for rural, female, economically disadvantaged, and handicapped youth than they are for other youth. To participate,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Guidance, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged
Elrod, G. Franklin – 1986
Work experience programs help rural handicapped, learning disabled, and economic/culturally disadvantaged students to make the transition from school to young adulthood. Reading, mathematics, and social difficulties evident in school impact work behaviors in later life. Other factors impacting work behaviors include cultural differences, economic…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Educational Needs
Rural 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
Gibbs, Robert M., Ed.; Swaim, Paul L., Ed.; Teixeira, Ruy, Ed. – 1998
This book examines the education, training, and skill supply of the rural workforce; the role of rural workforce quality in rural development; and the barriers that prevent many rural people from obtaining the skills needed for good jobs. Data are drawn from large national surveys of schools, students, and households. The first three chapters…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship
Vaughn, D. Lanette; Vaughn, Paul R. – 1986
Written for rural educators, this handbook provides practical guidelines for working with rural youth who will be seeking jobs in urban areas. The suggested learning activities can be used for an independent course, integrated into existing programs, or applied in counseling. The introduction discusses needs of rural students and relates positive…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Guidance, Coping, Daily Living Skills
