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Ducharme, Edward R., Ed.; Fleming, Douglas S., Ed. – 1985
Designed to help principals in rural and small schools, this volume contains 29 articles under the three broad headings of new possibilities in everyday practice, applications of recent research, and initiatives to help schools and communities grow. The editors' introduction notes the challenges facing small school administrators, the problems…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Educational Practices, Educational Research
Young, Mark A. – 1984
A workshop was used as a long-term planning method by a small, rural state college in Montana to promote recruitment and service to nontraditional students (adults 25 years old or older). The first step was the review of national trends and conditions within the state and college by a committee composed of administrators, faculty, and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Ancillary School Services, Change Strategies
Northern Michigan Univ., Marquette. School of Education. – 1977
Materials contained in the 16 volumes that make up the Rural America Series suggest practices through which rural schools can meet local community needs and realize their potential for career program delivery. This handbook, one of five in the subset of program development process documents for the series, describes the need for and…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Behavioral Objectives, Career Counseling, Career Development
Peters, Richard – 1978
The Career Awareness Program (CAP) not only showed how improved school-community relations impact on quality instruction and student growth, but also resulted in identification of variables which affect curriculum change and program development in small, rural schools; these variables were administrative philosophies, community attitudes and…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Community Resources
Hearn, Norman E. – 1981
Cultural biases about rural schools and people have influenced rural education, public policies, and distribution of funds away from areas where they are most needed. Policymakers have regarded the rural school's condition (sparsity, isolation, smallness, limited economic base) in negative terms, resulting in public policies that ignored,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Cultural Isolation, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Morris, Lynne Clemmons; Morris, Judson Henry, Jr. – 1981
A strategy to assist in community development can help rural schools in rapidly growing areas meet the changing educational needs of their communities. Such a strategy should include gathering information about anticipated changes in the size and composition of the school population in order to plan for adequate staff and facilities. Planning for…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Coordination, Community Development, Community Involvement
Kay, Steve; And Others – 1981
Schools in two neighboring rural Kentucky counties ("West" and "East") were studied to determine the effect of differing school organization on school functioning and community-school relations. Data gathered from public sources, attendance at faculty, staff and school board meetings, interviews, and faculty questionnaires…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Community Involvement
Kerr, Barbara A. – 1981
This paper discusses the current state of research in the area of career education for gifted and talented students and its applications. The paper also addresses three major questions: What are the special career development needs of gifted and talented students?, What kinds of career education and guidance programs are currently meeting the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning
Cangiano, Miguel – 1979
Based on cooperative action of the government and local communities, the Peruvian Rural School System (SERP 71) evolved from the necessity to reconstruct Peruvian schools of the Sierra region after the earthquake of 1970, and from Peru's new educational reform law (1970) which called for an active-dynamic pupil attitude, continuous updating of…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Role, Construction Costs, Construction Programs
Dunne, Faith; Carlsen, William S. – 1981
Small rural schools with fewer than 15 pupils per grade at the elementary level, fewer than 200 pupils in high schools, and fewer than 300 pupils in all grades at K-12 (or 1-12) schools or districts were profiled in 1980 by the National Institute of Education. Nearly 6,000 small schools were scattered throughout the country with the following…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Boards of Education, Community Attitudes
Wallace, Judi – 1979
Representing over 72 different groups and agencies, 107 participants attended the May 29-31, 1979, National Seminar on Rural Education. Prior to the seminar, experts and practitioners in the fields of rural education and sociology were commissioned to produce 22 papers documenting, summarizing, and interpreting research and practice in 6 areas:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delivery Systems, Demography, Educational Change
Floyd, Debbie Lee – 1979
In an examination of efforts towards the implementation of the Tomorrow Higher Education (THE) model for student development, a survey of 204 student personnel administrators at small, public, rural community colleges was conducted to determine: (1) the extent to which practitioners agreed with the basic constructs and underlying assumptions of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Adoption (Ideas)
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, GA. – 1967
UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE DANFORTH AND NOYES FOUNDATIONS, A CONSORTIUM OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND AGENCIES HAVE COLLABORATED IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTHS IN SPECIFIED RURAL AREAS. SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ARE--(1) EFFECTIVELY INTERVENE SO THAT A CYCLE OF…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth
Colton, R. W. – 1981
Rural schools may have an advantage over urban schools in science teaching if sciences are perceived as means of exploring our surroundings, are presented as many viewpoints of one overall picture, and are taught in a form that deals with human situations. Collaboratively taught, rural science curricula can include study of agricultural ecology,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Needs
Vien, Hguyen Khac – 1978
Educational policy in Viet Nam has closely followed the revolutionary movement. In the essentially democratic period from 1945 to 1960, Viet Nam created a nationwide 10-grade school system and fought illiteracy on a large scale. By 1960, as socialism began to predominate, especially in the North, traditional educational methods and values began to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Cooperatives, Economic Development