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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
The Educational System of the United Kingdom. International Education Series
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Skinner, Maureen – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2006
When the first edition of "The Educational System of the United Kingdom" was published in 1991, higher education in the United Kingdom was immersed in an era of significant change. The 1991 report, which focused on changes to the UK system from 1976, recognized that major reform was set to continue into the twenty-first century. This has proved to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Adult Education
You Can't Tell the Players by the Numbers
Conner, J. Douglas – Journal of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, 1974
Higher education has become a marketplace, and as such institutions must be presented clearly and fairly to insure consumer protection for the students. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Objectives, Educational Supply, Enrollment Trends