Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-142) and index.
COPYRIGHT; Contents; Figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Rural labor markets, networks and workforce development; 3. Employer training: individual investments in collective goods; 4. Community colleges in rural America: new roles and challenges; 5. Workforce development networks: the visible hand at work; 6. Shoot the alligators or drain the swamp: can grassroots efforts make a difference?; Appendix 1. A national survey of employers in nonmetropolitan areas; Appendix 2. A national survey of training institutions in nonmetropolitan America.
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Rural areas face numerous challenges in building a high-wage, high-skilled workforce. In response to these obstacles, many regions have established workforce development networks that provide stronger linkages between employers, schools, training institutions and community-based organizations. Gary Paul Green examines in this book how these networks are organized, why employers and training institutions participate in them and whether they are effective.