A Portrait of Rural America: Conditions Affecting Vocational Education Policy. Vocational Education Study Publication No. 6.

Autor/in	Rosenfeld, Stuart
Institution	National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Titel	A Portrait of Rural America: Conditions Affecting Vocational Education Policy. Vocational Education Study Publication No. 6.
Quelle	(1981), (55 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Agricultural Occupations; Census Figures; Community Services; Demography; Educational Finance; Educational Policy; Employment Opportunities; Health Services; Industrialization; Poverty; Regional Characteristics; Rural Environment; Rural Population; Rural Schools; Rural Urban Differences; School Districts; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Volkszählung; Gemeindenahe Versorgung; Demografie; Bildungsfonds; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Industrialisation; Industrialisierung; Armut; Regionaler Faktor; Ländliches Milieu; Landbevölkerung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; School district; Schulbezirk; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	The monograph is an attempt to describe conditions existing today in rural America that can affect the operation and impact of vocational education in rural areas and, thus, should exercise an influence on policy making. It identifies statistical patterns and characteristics common to rural areas, both within regions and those that cut across regions. It discusses: (1) characteristics of rural school districts that define and delimit their current delivery systems and their capacity for providing education; (2) demographic characteristics of the population to be served and the ability of rural communities to provide services; (3) rural poverty and deprivation that affect the need for services and the choice of criteria by which services are targeted; (4) geographic features that influence the delivery of services; and (5) labor market characteristics that affect the programs to be offered in the curriculum and the targeting of funds. The monograph also stresses that, while people in rural communities tend to be more alike than people in large cities, rural communities across the country tend to be more unlike each other than large cities across the country; therefore, local conditions need to be carefully considered in all State and Federal policies. (Author/CM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01