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A way forward : building a globally competitive South /
"In the last half century, North Carolina and the South have experienced rapid economic growth. Much of the best analysis of this progress came from two North Carolina-based research organizations: the Southern Growth Policies Board and MDC (originally a project of the North Carolina Fund). The...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Chapel Hill, N.C. :
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Lessons from the Past and A Way Forward; Defining the South; 1. THE SOUTH AND 20TH-CENTURY ECONOMIC HISTORY; Southern Economic Commentary in Historical Perspective; The Rural South and the Burden of the Past; African American Economic Progress and the Post-Civil Rights South; The Knowledge Economy and the Crisis of Economic Development Policy in South Carolina, 1986-2011; 2. 25 YEARS LATER: REVISITING HALFWAY HOME AND SHADOWS IN THE SUNBELT 1986-2011.
- Revisiting the 1986 Commission on the Future of the South's Halfway Home and a Long Way to GoThe Southern "Consensus" on Education and Economic Development; 3. PROVIDING A NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS; Southern Education Progress: Half Past Halfway, but Still a Ways to Go; Treading Water: K-12 Educational Attainment in the South and North Carolina; Assessing Progress: Almost Home?; 4. PREPARING A FLEXIBLE, GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE; Toward a "Globally Competitive" Southern Workforce; The American South in the Global Economy.
- 5. PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN A NEW ECONOMIC ERA Our Southern Universities as Engines of Innovation; The Relevant University; North Carolina Community Colleges and a New Economic Landscape; The Unique Role of Southern Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Economic Development; 6. INCREASING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION; Shadows and Light on the Way Home: The University of North Carolina's Role in Higher Education and Economic Development; State Investment in Higher Education: Rethinking the Impact on Economic Growth; University and Community: What is the Role for Economic Development?
- 7. INCREASING THE SOUTH'S CAPACITY TO INNOVATE AND IMPLEMENT NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; Southern Industrialization Revisited: Industrial Recruitment as a Strategic Tool for Local Economic Development; Southern Regional Innovation Strategies; North Carolina's Board of Science and Technology: A Model for Guiding Technology-Based Economic Development in the South; Infrastructure and Rural Economic Development: The Case of a Rural Broadband Initiative; Infrastructure, Southern Style.
- 8. URBAN, RURAL, AND GREEN; The New Metro American South Closing the Urban-Rural Gap: The Future of North Carolina and the South; The Future of the Green South; 9. WORK, THE SAFETY NET, AND FAITH; Creating "Good Jobs" in North Carolina and the South; Will the Government Strengthen at-Risk Families?; Faith-Based Nonprofits and the Social Safety Net in the South; 10. A CHANGING SOUTHERN DEMOGRAPHY; Disruptive Demographics and the American South; Generation Z and North Carolina's Future; The Old in the New Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for the South and North Carolina; Adapting to a Plural Culture and the Future of the South; 11. SOUTHERN POLITICS AND POLICY: THEN, NOW, AND TOMORROW; On Terry Sanford's Legacy for Southern Progressives Today; Southern Poverty, Southern Politics; Getting Past Our Civil War Hangover and Moving toward Real Southern Progress.
- 12. VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SOUTH; Southern-Style Creativity: New Methods for Tackling Nagging Challenges in the Next 25 Years; Strategic Philanthropy and the State of the South; Globalization and Urbanization: The Changing Context of Competition; CONCLUSION; The Future of the South and A Way Forward.