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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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DeZure, Deborah; Shaw, Allyn; Rojewski, Julie – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2014
With many baby boomers preparing to retire, higher education is facing an anticipated shortage of academic administrators. Compounding this challenge, many mid-career faculty are reluctant to fill these important positions, concerned that academic leadership is incompatible with work-life balance, that it detracts from their commitments to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Administration, Administrators, College Faculty
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DeZure, Deborah; Van Note Chism, Nancy; Deane Sorcinelli, Mary; Cheong, Grace; Ellozy, Aziza Ragai; Holley, Matthew; Kazem, Bahaa; Atrushi, Dawood – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
In the last 30 years, teaching centers in American colleges and universities have moved from the margins of their institutions to the mainstream. Their roles have expanded exponentially: To their core task of providing instructional support for individuals, they have added cross-campus initiatives to promote pedagogical innovation, curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Global Approach, Partnerships in Education
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Baldwin, Roger; DeZure, Deborah; Shaw, Allyn; Moretto, Kristin – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2008
Mid-career faculty comprise the largest component of the academic workforce. But what do people really know about them? What do they experience? What are their needs? In contrast to the large and growing body of empirical research on their early-career colleagues, the research on them is far from robust, offering relatively few suggestions for how…
Descriptors: Research Universities, College Faculty, Department Heads, Career Development