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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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Kisker, Carrie B. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This speech, given at the 2014 Council for the Study of Community Colleges annual Awards Luncheon, describes three of the major changes in the sixth edition of "The American Community College". The speech also describes what those changes can tell us about the directions in which our colleges are moving and the ways in which community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Awards, Educational Change, Educational Trends
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Ewen, Dale; Maurer, Susan; Nolen, Don – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1998
Describes the impact of an open, participatory, consensus-based planning process with faculty and staff at Parkland College in Illinois. Indicates that the planning process has been enthusiastically endorsed by both faculty and staff and has resulted in an increase in the number of full-time teaching positions and a decrease in the number of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Colleges, Faculty, Governing Boards