An Assessment of the Community College's Influence on the Relative Economic Development of a County. From: Community College Review | Date: June 22, 2001| Author: Pennington, Kevin L.; Pittman, Robert B.; Hurley, J. Casey | COPYRIGHT 2001 North Carolina State University, Department of Adult & Community College Education. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Abstracts

The study investigated the impact of establishing a community college upon a county's relative economic development. Census data from 1940 through 1990 were used in graphical analysis of short-time series, ratio comparisons, and ordinary least square regression analysis. The results indicated that establishing a community college potentially contributed 8% to 11% of a county's economic development. This estimated "catalyst" influence was accounted for by neith...