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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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Sturtevant, Daniel – Business-Higher Education Forum (NJ1), 2011
"Learn and Earn" programs offer one channel for ameliorating some of the workforce challenges that are of concern. Learn and Earn programs involve partnerships between postsecondary education institutions and employers to provide opportunities for adults to attend college while maintaining their employment. One such example is Metropolitan…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Planning, Technical Institutes, Educational Objectives
Business-Higher Education Forum (NJ1), 2009
Across the country, cities and regions have used community-wide partnerships to improve the educational attainment of their citizens. The most established of these partnerships have seen substantial education gains during their tenure. The community of Louisville, Kentucky has embarked on a similar effort to improve educational attainment. Nearly…
Descriptors: Credentials, Community Leaders, Neighborhoods, Postsecondary Education
Nielsen, Natalie; McCarthy, Kirstin – Business-Higher Education Forum (NJ1), 2009
Business-Higher Education Forum's study of the Seamless Education Partnership began with a theory of action for cross-sector efforts to increase alignment from Pre-K through graduate school (P-20) and improve educational outcomes. BHEF's theory of action posits that community leaders coalesce around a shared vision that is shaped by local context…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Alignment (Education)
Business-Higher Education Forum (NJ1), 2008
Although private philanthropic dollars in education make up just a fraction of overall education financial support, strategically targeted corporate philanthropic resources can serve as a vital catalyst for positive, lasting, and high-impact change in public education. Recognizing this, the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) and the Harvard…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Change Agents, Educational Change, Philanthropic Foundations
Ehrlich, Jenifer, Ed. – Business-Higher Education Forum (NJ1), 2006
"Forum Focus" was a semi-annual magazine of the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) that featured articles on the role of business and higher education on significant issues affecting the P-16 education system. The magazine typically focused on themes featured at the most recently held semi-annual Forum meeting at the time of publication.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, School Business Relationship
Business-Higher Education Forum (NJ1), 2005
This handbook provides P-16 council leaders with a toolkit of background information and proposed procedures for structuring and guiding implementation of Business-Higher Education Forum's (BHEF) proposed action plan. Specifically, it details a four-part nationwide action plan to improve overall pre-kindergarten through high school (P-12)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Business