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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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A Shortcut to Estimating Economic Impact.
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Ryan, G. Jeremiah – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1985
Describes a project which developed an alternative model for determining the economic impact of community colleges in New Jersey. Explains methods used to substitute for student and staff surveys, and the retail gravity model. Includes the instrument used to determine the individual college and statewide impacts and a bibliography. (AYC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Factors, Economic Research, Educational Economics
Student Attrition Research.
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Dzierlenga, Donna Wells, Comp. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1981
Provides citations and abstracts for seven ERIC documents dealing with student retention in the face of declining enrollment, attrition and student progress, early identification of potential dropouts, causes of course withdrawal, withdrawal analysis, and student attrition and retention in two-year occupational programs. (DMM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Declining Enrollment, Dropout Research
Evaluating the Performance of Community College Students Who Transfer to Four-Year Colleges and Universities.
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Palmer, Jim – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1982
Cites and provides abstracts for research studies in the ERIC junior colleges collection that deal with monitoring the success of community college transfer students, comparing the success rates of transfer students and native students, and drawing conclusions regarding the effectiveness of community college transfer programs. (AYC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, College Transfer Students, Postsecondary Education
Economic Impact Studies. Research and Learning Information Resources.
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Hill, Andrew – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1979
Presents abstracts of documents in the ERIC junior college collection dealing with economic impact studies. Includes annotations of journal articles on the subject. (DD)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Benefits, Community Colleges, Community Surveys
Community College Management Development Programs.
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Sanchez, Bonnie M. – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1979
Contains a selection of abstracts from the ERIC system concerning management development programs in community colleges. (MB)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Annotated Bibliographies, College Administration, Community Colleges
Institutional Research in the Community College.
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Dzierlenga, Donna Wells, Comp. – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1981
Cites seven documents from the ERIC junior colleges collection dealing with institutional research (IR) in the community college in terms of its changing nature; methods, trends and prospects; Institutional Research (IR) functions; its role in policymaking and planning; research needs and priorities; and faculty and administrator attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Institutional Research, Research Needs
Motivating Community College Students.
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Palmer, Jim – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1982
Provides citations and abstracts of ERIC documents about societal, academic, and personal factors that influence student motivation. Includes research studies, teacher guides, program descriptions, and a research manual. (DMM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Program Descriptions, Student Motivation
Retention and Persistence of Community College Students.
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Sanchez, Bonnie M. – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1979
Cites references from the ERIC junior college collection which relate to retention and persistence in the community college and includes a bibliography of doctoral dissertations on the subject. (AYC)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Doctoral Dissertations, Dropout Characteristics