A Time of Challenge...A Time for Change: The Role of Higher Education in the Rural West.

Institution	Western Governors' Association, Denver, CO.
Titel	A Time of Challenge...A Time for Change: The Role of Higher Education in the Rural West.
Quelle	(1989), (42 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Distance Education; Economic Development; Higher Education; Nontraditional Education; Public Service; Role of Education; Rural Areas; Rural Development; School Community Programs; School Community Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Public services; Öffentlicher Sozialdienst; Bildungsauftrag; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung
Abstract	Higher education institutions can play a vital role in terms of stabilizing and revitalizing rural communities. Despite cyclical and structural changes in a declining rural economy, many rural residents wish to remain in their communities and maintain rural lifestyles. If rural communities are to survive, new opportunities and new skills must be created and acquired. In addition to rural development efforts of federal programs and private businesses, higher education institutions can provide public services to rural communities. Rural communities can benefit from the various roles played by different types of institutions such as research, off-campus instruction, technical assistance, or entrepreneurship training. The community school can provide a location for telecommunications and other distance learning systems. Offering college courses in rural areas can positively affect rural development. Obstacles to increasing the involvement of higher education include: (1) higher education emphasizes scholarly pursuits rather than public service; (2) academicians and politicians operate in different organizational cultures with different time frames; (3) gubernatorial requests to a university may be regarded with skepticism; and (4) information on successful programs is not widely known. The report recommends that governors use various methods to enhance the public service role for universities and colleges, with specific attention to rural areas. (KS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01