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Rural education and training in the new economy : the myth of rural skills gap

Title
Rural education and training in the new economy : the myth of rural skills gap / edited by Robert M. Gibbs, Paul L. Swaim, and Ruy Teixeira.
Publication
Ames : Iowa State University Press, 1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Gibbs, Robert M. (Robert Martin), 1938-
  • Swaim, Paul L.
  • Teixeira, Ruy A.
Description
xvii, 182 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword / Daryl Hobbs -- Introduction / Robert M. Gibbs, Paul L. Swaim and Ruy Teixeira -- 1. Rural Teachers and Schools / Dale Ballou and Michael Podgursky -- 2. Educational Achievement in Rural Schools / Elizabeth J. Greenberg and Ruy Teixeira -- 3. Rural High School Completion / Kathleen M. Paasch and Paul L. Swaim -- 4. College Completion and Return Migration among Rural Youth / Robert M. Gibbs -- 5. Literacy of the Adult Rural Workforce / Elizabeth J. Greenberg, Paul L. Swaim and Ruy Teixeira -- 6. Job Training for Rural Workers / Paul L. Swaim -- 7. Rural Employer Demand and Worker Skills / Ruy Teixeira and David A. McGranahan -- 8. Current Trends in the Supply and Demand for Education in Rural and Urban Areas / David A. McGranahan and Linda M. Ghelfi.
ISBN
0813823331 (alk. paper)
LCCN
98007060
OCLC
ocm38966016
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries