Engaging Community Colleges in Rural Development: A Meta-Synthesis of Doctoral Dissertations

IF 1.7 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Community College Review Pub Date : 2022-04-25 DOI:10.1177/00915521221087280

H. Harmon, Larry J. Bergeron, Jerry Johnson

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Abstract

Objective: This project analyzed recent doctoral dissertations addressing the role of community colleges in rural development for the purpose of identifying themes in the reported results and offering recommendations for future research. Methods: A meta-synthesis approach was utilized with 20 doctoral dissertations from the time period 2009 to 2020 investigating the role of community colleges in rural community development, rural economic development, rural workforce development, and collaboration with other entities relative to rural development. Results: Themes derived from the analysis and synthesis are presented, with discussion of the representative studies for each. Building on the results of the thematic analysis, the review offers recommendations for practical steps that rural community colleges can take to contribute to the communities they serve. Additionally, we offer suggestions for a research agenda to produce further insights and understandings that can strengthen and enhance the roles of community colleges in rural development across America. Contributions: Collectively, the reported themes and suggested research agenda speak to both the important role that rural community colleges can play in rural development and to the need for ongoing work in this area of the literature.

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社区学院参与农村发展:博士论文的元综合

目的:本项目分析近期关于社区学院在农村发展中的作用的博士论文，以确定报告结果中的主题，并为未来的研究提供建议。方法:采用综合分析方法，对2009 - 2020年20篇博士论文进行综合分析，探讨社区学院在农村社区发展、农村经济发展、农村劳动力发展以及与农村发展相关主体合作等方面的作用。结果:提出了分析和综合的主题，并讨论了每个主题的代表性研究。在专题分析结果的基础上，该报告为农村社区学院为其所服务的社区做出贡献而采取的实际步骤提出了建议。此外，我们为研究议程提供了建议，以产生进一步的见解和理解，从而加强和提高社区学院在美国农村发展中的作用。贡献:总的来说，报告的主题和建议的研究议程既说明了农村社区学院在农村发展中可以发挥的重要作用，也说明了在这一文献领域开展工作的必要性。

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Community College Review EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： The Community College Review (CCR) has led the nation for over 35 years in the publication of scholarly, peer-reviewed research and commentary on community colleges. CCR welcomes manuscripts dealing with all aspects of community college administration, education, and policy, both within the American higher education system as well as within the higher education systems of other countries that have similar tertiary institutions. All submitted manuscripts undergo a blind review. When manuscripts are not accepted for publication, we offer suggestions for how they might be revised. The ultimate intent is to further discourse about community colleges, their students, and the educators and administrators who work within these institutions.