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Editorial - Rural Schools Hurt
(Wallowa County Chieftain- June 11, 2009)

Hispanic Residents Tell Their Story
(Daily Astorian - May 22, 2009)

Oregon Rural Communities Explorer



 









MAY 2009

ANNOUNCING THE OREGON COUNTY MONITOR:

A report for each county in Oregon that includes measures indicating families’ ability to meet their basic needs

NEW

RSP Working Paper - Local Government Responses to Fiscal Stress: How do Oregon Counties Compare? by Vince Adams (June 2009)

Communities and Natural Resources, a 10-Day Graduate-level Experiential Learning Opportunity Exploring Rural Oregon Communities, to be held September 8-19, 2009

County Profile of Curry County - Employment, Income and Population Change (June 2009)

RSP Faculty Affiliate Kate MacTavish in Education.Com on Creating Inclusive Classrooms and Communities for Rural Poor (May 2009)

New RSP Working Paper on Portland Metro Core Economic Interdependence with its Rural Periphery: A Comparison across Two Decades - by David Holland, Paul Lewin, Bruce Sorte, and Bruce Weber (May 2009)

RSP Fact Sheet: Understanding Food Insecurity and "Hunger" in Oregon (March 2009)

 

RECENT

RSP Community Economist Bruce Sorte in The Dalles Chronicle on Local Economies (April 2009)
RSP Faculty Affiliate Roger Hammer in the Portland Daily Journal of Commerce on Job Sprawl (April 2009)  
RSP Faculty Affiliate Mark Edwards in The Oregonian on the Increase in Food Stamp Applicants Across Oregon (March 2009)
RSP Community Economist Mallory Rahe and Bruce Weber: The Changing Economy and its Impact on Oregon Communities (March 2009)
Rural Research Brief: Making Room for Place-Based Knowledge in Rural Classrooms by Devora Shamah and Kate MacTavish in Winter 2009 Rural Educator (March 2009)
RSP Faculty Affiliate Joan Gross Reports on Oregon's Linguistic Landscape (February 2009)
RSP Faculty Affiliate JunJie Wu Reports on Remoteness of Rural Communities (February 2009)


 

 
Spring Term 2009 Courses

 

ANTH 471/571 CASH, CLASS AND CULTURE: HUNTER-GATHERERS TO CAPITALISM
Students explore the cultural and social effects of capitalism in the contemporary world within the larger question of how economics and society intersect and change over time. Special emphases are put on food and work, but students explore the linkages of global forces and local life in a variety of ways.

ANTH 481 NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY VALUES
This online course investigates the relationships between human communities and their environments from perspectives of Human Ecology and Ecosystem Ecology. The scope of this course will cover anthropogenic and ecological aspects of global natural resource issues with an emphasis on North America. The content includes review and application of basic principles of ecology and social science including community dynamics, resource management, stakeholder identification and value analysis.

PS 475/575 ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY

This courses looks at environmental and natural resource issues and policies in national and regional context, emphasizing public attitudes, elections, Congress, public policy, and relevant national and state agencies.

SNR 520 SOCIAL ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES
Using readings, personal experiences, and class discussions, students explore five principles of socially sustainable natural resource management, and review the role they play in creating natural resource-based sustainable communities.

SOC 475/575 RURAL SOCIOLOGY
This course helps students understand the rich diversity in rural society, with an emphasis on the interdependencies between urban and rural contexts. Current issues and social problems experienced by rural populations and how sociology is used to understand and address issues affecting rural communities are explored.

SOC 481/581 SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Students explore the complex interrelationships between humans and natural resources, emphasizing how management decisions and organizations are enmeshed in social and cultural contexts.

SOC 485/585 CONSENSUS AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Students will use a working group approach. They will select a natural resource topic, study the team process and interaction as a method of learning, explore the issue using systems practice, and strive for consensus on solutions to their issue.


 


For a list of all rural courses, click here.

Oregon Community Indicators Project

*Click on counties to view community indicators. Malheur County Harney County Lake County Klamath County Jackson County Josephine County Curry County Coos County Douglas County Lane County Deschutes County Benton County Lincoln County Linn County Baker County Grant County Crook County Jefferson County Wallowa County Union County Umatilla County Wheeler County Morrow County Gilliam County Sherman County Hood River County Wasco County Polk County Marion County Yamhill County Clackamas County Multnomah County Washington County Columbia County Tillamook County Clatsop County


The Rural Studies Program has created an online resource of Community Indicators for each of the 36 counties in Oregon.

Users will be able to retrieve in one location demographic, economic, social, and housing information that provide an overall picture of community well-being.

To start using the Indicators, please click on the county you would like to see on the map to the left.

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