Describes the historical development of community service offerings at Cabrillo College, a small, rural campus in northern California. Cites the commitment of the board of trustees and college president, careful needs assessment, and the total involvement of community energies as reasons for success. (NHM)

Problems and promises associated with nonformal rural education in developing nations are presented. (CP)

A portrait of a one-room schoolhouse in rural Iowa in 1895. (MM)

Outlines the technologies that rural schools have available for the development of expanded curriculum opportunities in high schools. They include: audio teleconferencing, videotape lessons, interactive television, interactive video, and computer networks. Includes a discussion of the problems of sharing. (MD)

The principals of 11 small elementary schools in Renville County, Minnesota, pooled their resources to offer a popular series of Saturday activities for student enrichment, including spelling and mathematics competitions, a Science/Agriculture Exploration Day, and an Arts Exploration Day. (PGD)

Describes highlights of educational programs at Divide County High School (Crosby, North Dakota), which was one of the few rural schools cited by President Reagan in 1984 for excellence in education under the Secondary School Recognition Program. (BRR)

A team of 11 educational facility planners and architects from the United States and Canada conducted a facility evaluation of schools in the rural areas of Meambar and Cortes, Honduras. Team members were all part of the Council of Educational Facility Planners, International and traveled to Honduras under the auspices of a Christian mission…

This study of rural-teacher preparation in State normal schools is made for several purposes: (1) To make available as nearly as could be learned by the means at hand the actual facts of the situation in 1917 as a point of departure for later studies of this significant evolution in educational effort; (2) To afford a source to which boards of…

A principal of a rural Vermont school describes the unexpected incidents that led to his tongue-in-cheek conclusion that certification for rural principals ought to include courses in mechanics, nature, and people. (JM)

Coping with Crises is a home economics course in a rural school in Missouri. It includes experiences designed to increase the individual's ability to deal with stress and covers communication, popularity, loneliness, divorce, death and dying, mental illness, and rejection. (SK)