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Rural Community Colleges: Creating Institutional Hybrids for the New Economy

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  • Rosenfeld, Stuart A.

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Once a stepping stone to higher education, the rural community college has evolved into a multipurpose institution that meets lifelong learning needs and the economy's demand for information and skills. The best institutions merge an applied higher education with extension-like services for local industry. But rural community colleges are facing new challenges, including new competition from other providers, expanding student diversity, rising credential requirements, and the digital divide. All of this leads to an even greater proliferation of missions and expectations, and possible growing pains for smaller rural community colleges.

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  • Rosenfeld, Stuart A., 2001. "Rural Community Colleges: Creating Institutional Hybrids for the New Economy," Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 16(2), July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersra:289490
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289490
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    1. Terance J. Rephann, 2007. "Community College Growth Opportunities: Untapped Potential in America's Heartland?," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(3), pages 443-459, September.
    2. Terance J. Rephann, 2008. "Community Colleges and Local Economic Development," Working Papers 2008-02, Center for Economic and Policy Studies.

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