Educational programs for rural communities

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Education as a Community Activity: University for Man

University for Man is a 7-year-old free university program in Manhattan, Kansas, offering approximately 200 classes each semester. UFM is a community-wide experiment in leisure-time therapy involving more than 7,000 participants a year, 50 per cent of whom are non-university students