Sep 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

EDHP 3530 - Issues in Rural Education


Introduction to rural education and on the social, economic, and political influences on rural schools. Two current issues, consolidation and youth out migration, will be considered in depth. Key concepts include place, community, lifeworld, family, and cosmopolitanism.

Requisites: Admission to COE honors program
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Candidate demonstrates a proficient understanding of key issues in rural education, including place, community, lifeworld, family, and cosmopolitanism.
  • Candidate demonstrates a proficient understanding of the significance of consolidation and out-migration in rural school districts.
  • Candidate demonstrates a proficient understanding of the social, economic, and political influences on rural schools.


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