The Revitalization of Rural America.

Institution	American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC.
Titel	The Revitalization of Rural America.
Quelle	(1989), (5 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Adult Education; College Role; Equal Education; Higher Education; Influences; Outreach Programs; Position Papers; Public Policy; Rural Development; Rural Education; Self Help Programs; Social Differences; State Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Jobcoaching; Positionspapier; Öffentliche Ordnung; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Self help programmes; Selbsthilfebewegung; Sozialer Unterschied
Abstract	A policy statement by the Committee on Agricultural and Rural Development of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) is presented. The mission of AASCU institutions involved in education and rural development includes to help strengthen the rural population and to dispel its isolation, reduce its poverty, link it to the global economy, and sustain its values. Many rural communities today are collapsing under the pressures of farm foreclosures, declining markets for traditional natural resource based industries, and devolution of traditional federal and state government responsibilities. Colleges can play a major role in building the capacity of the rural population to deal with current economic/educational problems. The following are some of the nine guidelines for AASCU institutions involved in service to rural communities: (1) they must understand the unique nature of the problems and believe in the peoples' determination and participation in the planning of education; (2) they should facilitate self-help; (3) higher education should assist the agricultural and natural resources sector of the country to survive in this technological world; (4) adult and continuing education should be continued; and (5) emerging distance learning technologies are a major part of the solution to overcoming rural isolation. Rural students are entitled to equity, both in quality of education and the variety of choices available. (SM)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC