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Education in rural America is saddled with a number of special problems, which are highlighted in this report. For the most part, they relate t o the social and economic characteristics of rural regions as well as their general lack of educational facilities and services. The belief that a simple solution exists for these problems is untenable, for whatever that solution may be, it is likely t o require more money, facilities and specialized manpower than can be supplied. The complexities of rural development make this perfectly clear. Nonetheless, through an examination of specific areas of concern, some new, problem-solving approaches within the capabilities of rural schools and communication technology can be conceived.Although (as Appendix I demonstrates) there are a few ongoing applications of telecommunications to rural education, this coupling of an age-old problem with a modem technological resource, has received very little attention in the past. The little research and development work that has been attempted so far has occurred in a foreign context (e.g. ETV in Guatemala, Samoa or Jamaica; the forthcoming Indian satellite experiment; "Radio-Vision" in Africa, etc.) more often than a domestic one, even when carried out by 3 0 1974. Baywood Publishing Co.

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