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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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Moriarty, Mary A. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2007
This study used quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the use of inclusive pedagogy by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty at three community colleges. The purpose was to identify barriers to the adoption of inclusive teaching methods for diverse learners and students with disabilities and to propose ways to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Instructional Development, Teaching Load
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Duquaine-Watson, Jillian M. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2007
Feminist analyses of the "chilly climate" have documented the ways in which women have been and continue to be marginalized within institutions of higher education. Yet there has been little attention to the relationship between the "chilly climate" and the lived experiences of particular populations in specific educational settings. This article…
Descriptors: Mothers, Ethnography, Educational Environment, One Parent Family
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Harbour, Clifford P.; Jaquette, Ozan – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2007
In this article we introduce and explain a funding framework for advancing an equity agenda at the community college. The need for the framework is premised on (a) Dowd's observation that the traditional community college commitment to student access no longer suffices as an adequate strategy to achieve greater equity in society and (b) the…
Descriptors: Privatization, Community Colleges, Equal Education, Educational Finance
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Prentice, Mary – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2007
Community colleges educate students from both oppressed and marginalized groups, yet there is almost no literature on community colleges and issues of social justice. Student participation in service learning has been tentatively linked to development of a social justice lens. In this study, I analyze community college students' post-course civic…
Descriptors: Student Participation, College Students, Justice, Community Colleges
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Townsend, Barbara K.; Twombly, Susan B. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2007
Community colleges have a high percentage of women students and a higher percentage of women faculty and administrators than do four-year colleges. Yet the extent to which the community college offers an equitable work and study site for women is not clear. The authors seek to determine this by applying to existing literature an adaptation of…
Descriptors: Females, Women Faculty, Community Colleges, Minority Group Teachers
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Zamani-Gallaher, Eboni M. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2007
This article examines the attitudes of baccalaureate aspiring community college students with regard to affirmative action in college admissions. Using data from UCLA's Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Annual Freshman Year Survey, the study assessed determinants of approval or disapproval of affirmative action for 20,339 community…
Descriptors: Race, White Students, Social Mobility, Institutional Research