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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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McCormick, Alexander C. – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2007
The author expresses concern that launching an accountability initiative without careful consideration may do more harm than good. A well-designed accountability system, writes McCormick, motivates substantive change and useful diagnostic tools must not be undermined in the name of accountability. Several new college-quality initiatives offer…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Educational Practices, Writing Skills, Accountability
McCormick, Alexander C. – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2005
The Carnegie Foundation has developed a new set of lenses for viewing American higher education that broadens description of U.S. colleges and universities. By expanding the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education from a single typology to a set of distinct classifications representing several ways to think about how colleges…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Undergraduate Study, Graduate Study