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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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Schejbal, David – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2012
This article presents an interview with David Schejbal, the chair of the 2012 UPCEA Annual Conference, about environmentalism and the role of continuing education. In this interview, Schejbal shares why he suggested the theme of sustainability for the annual conference. He says it is because all of them in the conference are continuing…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Cultural Context, Sustainable Development, Environmental Education
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Schejbal, David; Irvine, George – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2009
For many Americans, September 11, 2001, was a cognitive and emotional turning point. In the days and months after that fateful day, some people focused inwardly and saw all non-Americans as suspect and dangerous. Others focused outwardly and believed that greater international integration and knowledge of other cultures were essential for moving…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Skills, Attitudes, Competence
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Schejbal, David; Wilson, David – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2008
Higher education--and continuing education as one arm of that enterprise--is not just an economic engine; it contributes directly and in a multifaceted fashion to the common good. It generates and makes accessible a great deal of the knowledge that drives the economy; it helps develop an understanding of the society and the world for millions of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Continuing Education, Value Judgment, Private Education