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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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Jenkins, Toby S. – About Campus, 2011
Throughout many ethnic communities, culture, place, and education have always been important to each other. There are countless creative strategies and approaches to education, inclusion, and personal development that can be derived from studying cultural spaces within any culture. In this article, the author looks specifically at the African…
Descriptors: African Americans, African American Achievement, African American Culture, Social Experience
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Jenkins, Toby S. – About Campus, 2008
This article features Paul Robeson Cultural Center (PRCC) at Pennsylvania State University, which uses a model of cultural education and engagement to design and deliver programs and services committed to enhancing the university's cultural climate. This article shares a cultural programming framework that was used to steward change and growth in…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Cultural Centers, Student Development, Cultural Context
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Jenkins, Toby S. – About Campus, 2003
Discusses the role higher education plays in keeping students of color connected to their communities and instilling civic responsibility and cultural awareness. Education should empower students to be aware of all communities of need, and to understand that one of these communities may be the one to which they are racially or socially tied. (BF)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Leadership, Black Students, Citizenship Responsibility