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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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McDonald, William M.; Ebelhar, Marcus Walker; Orehovec, Elizabeth R.; Sanderson, Robyn H. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2006
Student affairs practitioners are inundated with a variety of ethical considerations when making day-to-day decisions regarding the welfare of students and colleagues. There is every reason to believe that confronting ethical issues will be an increasingly difficult issue for student affairs professionals in the future. This article provides a…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Decision Making, Student Personnel Workers, Ethics
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Cawthorn, Tony W.; McDonald, William M. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2002
This article provides an introduction to the concept of community. The article begins with a definition of Student Affairs' Community, outcomes of community development, and provides a supporting framework upon which to establish and maintain community. It also includes essential commitments that campuses must make to create campus community.…
Descriptors: Community, Community Development, Higher Education, Professional Development
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McDonald, William M. – College Student Affairs Journal, 1999
Describes the development of the College and University Community Inventory (CUCI), an instrument designed to measure the extent of community within colleges and universities for students. Article discusses the methods for establishing the instrument's validity and ascertaining reliability indices. (Contains 18 references.) (Author/GCP)
Descriptors: College Environment, Community Role, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
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McDonald, William M.; Brown, Cathy E.; Littleton, Robert A. – College Student Affairs Journal, 1999
Discusses the development of Carson-Newman College's Laboratory for Learning, a residential college model in which a team of faculty, students and staff implemented programming designed to focus students' attention on issues related to life and academics. Recounts how students that engaged in these co-curricular activities have received the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education