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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Special Issue: Study Abroad in a New Global Century--Renewing the Promise, Refining the Purpose
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Twombly, Susan B.; Salisbury, Mark H.; Tumanut, Shannon D.; Klute, Paul – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2012
This review seeks to answer two central questions: (1) who studies abroad (or who does not) and why? and (2) what are the outcomes of studying abroad? Participation in study abroad and outcomes of study abroad must be considered in context. Consequently, who participates and the expected outcomes are framed by the reality that, in addition to…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, College Students, Outcomes of Education, Context Effect
The Entrepreneurial Domains of American Higher Education. ASHE Higher Education Report, Volume 34, Number 5
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Mars, Matthew M.; Metcalf, Amy Scott – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2009
This volume draws on a diverse set of literatures to represent the various ways in which entrepreneurship is understood in and applied to higher education. It provides a platform for debate for those considering applications of entrepreneurial principles to academic research and practices. Using academic entrepreneurship in the United States as…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Theories, Economics
Reinventing Undergraduate Education: Engaging College Students in Research and Creative Activities. ASHE Higher Education Report, Volume 33, Number 4
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Hu, Shouping, Ed.; Scheuch, Kathyrine, Ed.; Schwartz, Robert, Ed.; Gayles, Joy Gaston, Ed.; Li, Shaoqing, Ed. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2008
The purpose of this monograph is to present both the empirical and conceptual evidence of the causes and effects of undergraduate student engagement in research and creative activities. Four questions guide this report: (1) What are the intellectual underpinnings of engaging undergraduate students in research and creative activities?; (2) What are…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Institutional Characteristics
Liberal Arts Colleges and Liberal Arts Education: New Evidence on Impacts. ASHE Higher Education Report, Volume 31, Number 3
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Pascarella, Ernest T., Ed.; Wolniak, Gregory C., Ed.; Seifert, Tricia A. D., Ed.; Cruce, Ty M., Ed,; Blaich, Charles F., Ed. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2005
This monograph details the results of a large, systematic study of the short- and long-term impacts of liberal arts colleges and liberal arts education using two longitudinal datasets that together contain information on more than 6,500 students and alumni from more than 40 institutions located throughout the country. The longitudinal nature of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Liberal Arts, Context Effect, Exhibits
Professionalizing Graduate Education: The Master's Degree in the Marketplace. ASHE Higher Education Report, Volume 31, Number 4
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Glazer-Raymo, Judith, Ed – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2005
By 2001, 15.9 million students were enrolled in 4,074 American colleges and universities; 2.2 million were enrolled in graduate and first-professional programs, more than half of them--1.4 million--at the master's level. Graduate enrollments rose about 38% between 1985 and 2001; first-professional enrollments increased 13% between 1990 and 2001…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Graduate Study, Colleges, Liberal Arts