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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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Gamers Go to College
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Westman, Craig; Bouman, Penny – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2006
This book was written both to examine and reveal the Gamer generation as a popular culture trend that has been two plus decades in the making and shaping. And, it is a generation that is now entering college--Gen G. This book explores how the Gamer generation is less a subset of the Millennial generation, but rather a unique generation unto…
Descriptors: Video Games, Popular Culture, Information Technology, Higher Education
Current Trends in Grades and Grading Practices in Higher Education: Results of the 2004 AACRAO Survey
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Brumfield, Cody – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2005
AACRAO's new publication "Current Trends in Grades and Grading Practices in Higher Education: Results of the 2004 AACRAO Survey" continues the tradition of surveying grading practices in higher education first begun in 1920. Although much has changed in the world of academia since, grades have remained a central feature. This consistent importance…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Records, Grades (Scholastic), Grading
Australia: Education and Training
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Devlin, Edward – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2004
This new addition to the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) library of international publications is a guide for United States admissions officers to the structure and content of the education system of Australia together with a formal set of placement recommendations based upon the author's research.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Credentials, Admissions Officers, Student Placement
Brazil: A Country Study on the Education System of Brazil and Guide to the Academic Placement of Students in Education Institutions in the United States. World Education Series
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Nunes, M. Lou – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2004
This volume of the Projects for International Education Research (PIER), World Education Series is a study of the structure and content of the education system of Brazil together with a formal set of placement recommendations based upon the author's research. The placement recommendations have been reviewed and officially approved by the National…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Credentials, International Education, Student Placement
Taiwan: A Country Study on the Education System of Taiwan and Guide to the Academic Placement of Students in Education Institutions in the United States. World Education Series
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Hu, Julie; Zhou, Muriel M. – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2004
This volume of the Projects for International Education Research (PIER), World Education Series is a study of the structure and content of the education system of Taiwan together with a formal set of placement recommendations based upon the authors' research. The placement recommendations have been reviewed and officially approved by the National…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Credentials, International Educational Exchange, Foreign Students