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,
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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
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
BUILD
DECISION-MAKING
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