Putting the `community' back in community colleges: community colleges in distressed rural America are mobilizing local leaders and supporting business development--revitalizing region and college. (Community Partnering). From: University Business | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: Rivard, Nicole | COPYRIGHT 2002 Professional Media Group LLC. 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

Since Hocking College opened in 1968, it has been known in its community of rural Nelsonville, OH, as "the little college that could." Nelsonville--identified not long ago by the Appalachian Regional Commission as severely depressed due to high poverty rates--is now developing a tourism economy. Much of that economic development can be traced to the driving force behind HC's community-partnering initiatives: John Light, the college's current (and only) president. Today, his school ...

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