NREA has established criteria for the identification and endorsement of National Rural Education Research Centers at universities and colleges, and within other agencies, public or private. Some Centers have already been established and endorsed for an initial three-year period. At each annual convention a winning project and principal investigator are presented in a workshop-seminar format. Committee members are chosen from the general membership on a volunteer basis. Each state provides two regular delegates and two alternate delegates who act upon policy matters, pass resolutions, and ratify recommendations on procedures, policies, and bylaws presented by the executive committee.
Affiliates choose separate delegates.
NREA helps compile and distribute a national directory of organizations and programs in rural education. This publication is updated periodically. In addition, other awards are presented as deemed appropriate. The NREA Home Page is maintained by Don Quick .