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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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The Scholar as Public Intellectual
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Tyson, William – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2011
This article is written for scholars, researchers, and academic leaders who have a passion to share their knowledge outside the classroom, laboratory, or institution. They want to make a difference and believe that the information they possess and ideas they have to offer have a public importance. Based on his book "Pitch Perfect: Communicating…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Researchers, Higher Education, Leadership
Evidence and Impact: How Scholarship Can Improve Policy and Practice
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Lingenfelter, Paul E. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2011
Researchers, policy makers, and practitioners share a sincere interest in improving the human condition. Academics may be tempted to fault irrationality, ideology, or ignorance for the failure of research to inform policy and practice more powerfully, but policy makers and practitioners want academics to tell them "what works" in order to find a…
Descriptors: Evidence, Action Research, Educational Policy, Educational Practices