Education for rural America
By: edited by Floyd W. Reeves.
Contributors: Reeves, Floyd Wesley, 1890- ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago press
Published: 1945
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Education, Rural.; Sociology, Rural.
Notes: Papers prepared for the Conference on education in rural communities held at the University of Chicago, 1944.
Table of contents: title: Emerging problems in rural education, by F. W. Reeves.  Economic and social factors in planning an educational program in rural communities, by Newton Edwards.  Farm income, migration, and leisure, by T. W. Schultz.  Education for the use of resources, by G. F. Gant.  The contribution of the land-grant college to rural education, by L. C. Emmons.  The school and the improvement of education in rural communities, by V. E. Herrick.  What rural schools can learn from the training programs of the armed forces, by R. W. Tyler.  The organization and financing of rural schools, by H. A. Dawson.  Library service to rural communities, by Leon Carnovsky.  Economic co-operation and adult education, by E. R. Bowen. Philosophy and activities of the Michigan state farm bureau in adult education, by E. A. Smaltz.  Training rural youth for leadership, by B. F. Hennink.  The educational program of the Farmers union, by Mrs. Jerome Evanson.