Online Journal of Rural Research & Policy

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ISSN 1936-0487

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The purpose of the Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy is to expand publication opportunities for scholars in rural studies, including all areas of academic research, and corporate and government policy. While our areas of publication thus far may fall in a particular area or areas of academia, please do not take this to be a reflection of a narrow subject interest on our part. [Read More]

For more information, contact
Dr. Thomas Gould at: thpgould(at)gmail.com or
785-532-3449 (office) or
785-410-5146 (cell).

Special Issues
OJRRP announces a call for papers related to two special issues: Rural Politics and Policy and Rural Development (Sociology). Please review the details and associated deadlines.

Look for the Special Issue addressing Rural Art soon.

Video Abstracts
After much struggle, we have finally published our first video abstract. Authors László J. Kulcsár and Benjamin C. Bolender discuss "Home on the Range: Aging in Place in Rural Kansas."

Publisher: North Central Regional Planning Commission,
Executive Director: John Cyr
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Duane Nellis
Provost, Kansas State University
Managing Editor: Dr. Thomas Gould
Associate Professor
Kansas State University

NCRPC Executive Director Comments, March 2006

Policy Board
Joe Aistrup
Carmen Bain
Tom Bowers
Fred Brock
John W. Carlin,
Jim Coffman
John Cyr
Leslie A. Duram
Cornelia Flora
Jan Flora
Lori Goetsch
Carol Gould
Dawn Guernsey
James A. Guikema
Barbara Havlicek
Richard Hayter
Sue Maes
Kurt Mantonya
Vicki Luther
Pam McMichael
Gerad Middendorf
Robert C. Newhouse
Charlotte Shoup Olsen
Deborah E. Popper
Frank J. Popper
David E. Procter
Stephanie A. Rolley
Bradley Shaw
Todd Simon
Donald D. Stull
Milan Wall
Steve White
Jeff Zacharakis
Brett Zollinger

Issue 2008.3 [Peer-Reviewed]

Evelyn D. Ravuri

The purpose of this paper is to examine population change and net migration between 1995 and 2000 for Montana and Wyoming by county. The first section of the paper examines nonmetropolitan population change in the U.S. as a whole beginning with the unprecedented growth of nonmetropolitan counties in the 1970s. Nonmetropolitan counties are defined as counties without a central city population of 50,000. This is the predominant type of county in Montana and Wyoming, which together have only six counties of metropolitan status out of a total of 79 counties. Secondly, the spatial distribution of population change by county and net migration between 1995 and 2000 is examined and a typology is created to examine four types of counties based on net migration and population change. Within this section, the relationship between net migration and population change is explored with emphasis on age patterns. In the third section regression analysis is used to determine which factors contributed to net migration exchanges between 1995 and 2000. The conclusion suggests avenues for further research.

Issue 2008.2 [Peer-Reviewed]

Community Social Interactive Processes and Rural Adolescents’ Educational Outcomes: What We Know and What We Need to Know
Omolola A. Adedokun and Mark A. Balschweid *

Issue 2008.1 [Peer-Reviewed]

Small and Smaller: A Comparison of Information Technology in Rural and Frontier Nevada Schools
Kim Vidoni and Cleborne D. Maddux

Issue 2007.4 [Invited]

Hometown Competitiveness©: a Come Back-Give Back Approach to Rural Development
Vicki B. Luther
Co-Director, Heartland Center for Leadership Development

Issue 2007.3 [Invited]

Economic Development in Indian Country: Traits that Lead to Sustainability
Kurt Mantonya and Milan Wall

Issue 2007.2 [Invited]

Were the Poppers Right? - Outmigration and the Changing Economy of the Great Plains
J. Michael Hayden

Issue 2007.1 [Invited]

Metropolitan-Micropolitan Difference in Available Labor Force Characteristics:
Three Great Plains Labor Basins
Mike Walker and Brett Zollinger