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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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Molnar, Alex; Garcia, David R.; Miron, Gary; Berry, Shannon – Commercialism in Education Research Unit, 2007
The for-profit education management industry has, based on the available data, entered a period of relative stability. The industry's actual condition, however, is more difficult to determine than ever. This is because companies that dominate the industry are privately held and do not have to provide information to the public that they choose not…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Industry, Status, Enrollment Trends
Molnar, Alex; Garcia, David R.; Bartlett, Margaret; O'Neill, Adrienne – Commercialism in Education Research Unit, 2006
This annual report, in its eighth edition, found that after several years of growth, the EMO (Education Management Organization) industry appears to be entering a period of reconfiguration. In this year's "Profiles", the number of companies listed and the number of schools they manage are down slightly; student enrollment in EMO-managed schools…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Industry, Enrollment Trends, Annual Reports
Molnar, Alex; Garcia, David R. – Commercialism in Education Research Unit, 2005
This year's Schoolhouse Commercialism Trends report finds that schools continue to be a prime target of a wide variety of corporate advertising efforts and criticism of marketing to children in schools is mounting. Most of this criticism is directed at marketing activities that are thought to have a negative impact on children's health. Public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Purchasing, Critical Thinking
Molnar, Alex; Garcia, David R. – Commercialism in Education Research Unit, 2005
This year's Schoolhouse Commercialism Trends report finds that schools continue to be a prime target of a wide variety of corporate advertising efforts and criticism of marketing to children in schools is mounting. Most of this criticism is directed at marketing activities that are thought to have a negative impact on children's health. Public…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Consumer Economics, Marketing, Contracts