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Community Colleges: Drivers of Economic Development in Small Rural Communities
Author(s) -
Friedel Janice Nahra,
Reed Jared W.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.20366
Subject(s) - legislation , community college , economic growth , state (computer science) , community development , rural community , public administration , rural area , community education , affect (linguistics) , political science , business , sociology , economics , medicine , communication , algorithm , computer science , law , medical education
Abstract This chapter discusses an innovative state public policy which has incentivized Iowa's community colleges to become the economic drivers of their region. Created in the 1983 legislation, it continues to this day to affect Iowa's rural communities and their colleges.