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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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Kirshstein, Rita J.; Kadamus, James A. – Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research, 2012
High-end amenities like rock climbing walls on college campuses have become an easy target for those attempting to explain rising tuitions. This Delta Perspective looks beyond the media attention surrounding these "frills" to examine more serious questions about spending on campus facilities, college spending in general, and the real drivers of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Campuses, Student Experience
Desrochers, Donna M.; Kirshstein, Rita J. – Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research, 2012
Two years after the onset of the Great Recession, nonprofit colleges and universities found themselves struggling with their finances. Average per-student spending on academics declined in fiscal year (FY) 2010, and despite per-student spending cuts to prerecession levels at four-year institutions, students shouldered a larger share of the cost…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Economic Climate, Expenditure per Student
Kirshstein, Rita J. – Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research, 2012
Like many of her classmates, the author was a first-generation student, but that meant something quite different in the late 1960s than it does now. When she attended, college, the jobs parents had with high school degrees allowed them to provide considerable support for college educations. Paying for college was difficult but not as difficult as…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Paying for College, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
Hurlburt, Steven; Kirshstein, Rita J. – Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research, 2012
This is one in a series of data briefs developed by the Delta Cost Project at AIR using data from the "IPEDS Analytics: Delta Cost Project Database 1987-2010," which was released on August 14, 2012, by the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. The intent of these briefs is to update key tables and figures from…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Educational Finance, Expenditures, Hospitals
Kirshstein, Rita J.; Hurlburt, Steven – Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research, 2012
This is one in a series of data briefs developed by the Delta Cost Project at AIR using data from the "IPEDS Analytics: Delta Cost Project Database 1987-2010," which was released on August 14, 2012, by the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. The intent of these briefs is to update key tables and figures from…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Educational Finance, Full Time Equivalency, Tuition