Education Policy Analysis Archives: Vol. 5 No. 12 Craig Howley 'Studying the Rural in Education'
It draws a distinction between cosmopolitan and local interests and provides examples of issues that exhibit the distinction. Finally, it suggests and provides hypertext links to sources in sociology, literature, philosophy, and education that might help educational researchers (and anyone else with an interest in 'the rural') ground their studies and their actions in issues that honor rural interests.

Welcome to the Centre for Rural Social Research
The CRSR contributes significantly to rural Australia and is recognised as the national centre for rural and regional social research due to the various research and consultancy projects it has undertaken on behalf of government agencies and community groups