Post on 05-Jan-2016
THE RCCI JOURNEY
1994…
RCCA 2002 October 8, 2002 Carol Lincoln
RURAL AMERICA
MATTERS
Note: The poverty rate of 11.3 is the rate in 2000, based on the Current Population Survey, and the poverty rate in 1999 based on the Decennial
Census is 12.4 percent.
RCCI GENESIS
SOME AREAS HAVE NOT SHARED IN AMERICA’S PROSPERITY
APPALACHIA DEEP SOUTH
SOUTWEST BORDER TRIBAL AREAS
TYPICAL CHALLENGES
LOSS OF HISTORIC JOB BASE
RAPID GROWTH THAT THREATENS TO OVERWHELM TRADITIONAL CULTURE, WITHOUT BENEFIT TO LOW INCOME RESIDENTS
INADEQUATE ECONOMIC STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS
TYPICAL CHALLENGES
LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
OUTMIGRATION OF BEST EDUCATED
NARROW LEADERSHIP BASE
RCCI BELIEF
RURAL COMMUNIC COLLEGES ARE EFFECTIVE VEHICLES FOR INCREASING:
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
OVERALL GOALS INCREASE THE VISIBILITY, RESOURCES,
AND CAPACITY OF RURAL COLLEGES
IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC PROSPECTS OF POOR RURAL COMMUNITIES
BEGIN A “MOVEMENT” OF RURAL COLLEGES ENGAGED IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
THE RCCI FORMULA: INVEST IN A STABLE, RESPECTED
INSTITUTION CAPABLE OF LEADING A LONG-TERM CHANGE PROCESS
COMMIT TO THE VALUES OF EQUITY AND INCLUSIVENESS
WORK SIMULTANEOUSLY ON BUILDING PEOPLE AND BUILDING PLACE
PROVIDE TIME AND OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN, PRACTICE AND INVENT
WHY COMMUNITY COLLEGES? STABLE
RESPECTED
FLEXIBLE
NEUTRAL
COMPATIBLE MISSION
NEXUS OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND
SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITIES
ALIGN AROUND A COMMON VISION FOR THE FUTURE, BASED ON VALUES OF EQUITY & EXCELLENCE
CREATE A CULTURE OF INNOVATION & PUBLIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITIES
CREATE OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE
INCUSIVE DECISION-MAKING
BUILD REGIONAL ALLIANCES
THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT DILEMNA
A COMMUNITY CAN’T ATTRACT OR DEVELOP JOBS WITHOUT AN EDUCATED WORKFORCE
BUT – A COMMUNITY CAN’T RETAIN EDUCATED WORKERS WITHOUT A HEALTHY ECONOMY.
TWIN GOALS
INCREASE ACCESS TO AND THROUGH THE COLLEGE – TO MORE EDUCATION, TO BETTER JOBS
STIMULATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY, TO BENEFIT A BROADER RANGE OF PEOPLE
THE MOVEMENT WAY
ISOLATED INDIVIDUALS DECIDE TO STOP LEADING “DIVIDED LIVES”
THESE PEOPLE DISCOVER EACH OTHER AND FORM GROUPS FOR MUTUAL SUPPORT
THE MOVEMENT WAY
EMPOWERED BY COMMUNITY, THEY LEARN TO TRANSLATE “PRIVATE PROBLEMS” IN TO PUBLIC ISSUES
ALTERNATIVE REWARDS EMERGE TO SUSTAIN THE MOVEMENT’S VISION WHICH MAY FORCE THE CONVENTIONAL REWARD SYSTEM TO CHANGE
RCCI STRUCTURE TEAMS
DATA DRIVEN PLANNING
OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN FROM OTHER PEOPLE, OTHER PLACES
COACHING
EXPOSURE TO SMART RESOURCE PEOPLE
TIME AND SPACE FOR REFLECTIVE INNOVATION & LEARNING
LESSONS
NO FORMULA FOR LOCALLY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT – LOCAL CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING
LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION NEEDS CAPACITY AND LEGITIMACY
LESSONS
COLLEGES ARE WELL SUITED TO ECONOMIC PRE-DEVELOPMNT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CRITICAL TO BUILD ALIGNMENT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY
LESSONS
ULTIMATELY RURAL DEVELOMENT MUST BE SOMETHING MORE THAN A DISCRETE PROJECT OR SET OF PROJECTS
PARTNERSHIPS BUILD CAPACITY
IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING COMMUNITY
LESSONS FROM LESS SUCCESSFUL SITES
HAD TO WORK ON INTERNAL ISSUES BEFORE TACKLING COMMUNITY ISSUES
BOARD SUPPORT IS CRITICAL
LESSONS FROM LESS SUCCESSFUL SITES
REQUIRES DEDICATED STAFF RESOURCES
POWER AND RACE ISSUES CAN LIMIT DEPTH OF CHANGE THAT COLLEGES CAN FOSTER
NEW RECIPE FOR DEVELOPMENT:
BASED ON COMPETIVENESS AND EQUITY
NEW RECIPE EXPANDED VISION OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT – “job creation isn’t enough”
EDUCATION -- “The only road out of poverty runs by the schoolhouse”
REGIONALISM – “tiny economies cannot compete in a global setting”
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT – “cultivate diamonds in the mud”
THE ENGAGED INSTITUTION
RCCI INSITUTIONS IN THE US
UNIVERSITIES IN NAMIBIA AND SOUTH AFRICA
CANADIAN RURAL AND REMOTE INSTITUTIONS
RURAL AMERICA
MATTERS
RURAL CANADA
MATTERS
RURAL NAMIBIA
MATTERS
RURAL PEOPLE & RURAL PLACES
MATTER