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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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Hazelkorn, Ellen – Higher Education Policy, 2008
This paper draws on the results of an international survey of HE leaders and senior managers, which was supported by the OECD Programme on Institutional Management for Higher Education (IMHE) and the International Association of Universities (IAU). It focuses on how HEIs are responding to league tables and rankings (LTRS), and what impact or…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Administration, Foreign Countries, College Administration
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Hazelkorn, Ellen; Massaro, Vin – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2011
The complex effects of the global financial crisis (GFC) have affected countries differently. The concept of stimulus packages to enable economies to withstand its full effects was widespread, as were decisions by several countries to invest in higher education as a means of stimulating the economy while placing workforce development and research…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, Economic Factors
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Hazelkorn, Ellen – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2009
Global rankings are creating a furore wherever or whenever they are published or mentioned. They have become a barometer of global competition measuring the knowledge-producing and talent-catching capacity of higher education institutions. These developments are injecting a new competitive dynamic into higher education, nationally and globally,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Competition
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Hazelkorn, Ellen – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2007
As the battle for "world class excellence" accelerates, competition for students, faculty, finance and researchers between higher education institutions, nationally and internationally, has intensified. In this environment, the results of formally and relatively benign benchmarking exercises have taken on increased prominence and importance…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reputation, Decision Making, Educational Quality
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Hazelkorn, Ellen – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2005
The research-intensive and competitive knowledge society is putting HEIs (higher education institutions) under the spotlight. While many HEIs around the world do not proclaim or wish to be research-intensive institutions the majority desire to intensify their research activity because it is seen as a sine qua non of higher education. Accordingly,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Human Resources, Social Development
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Hazelkorn, Ellen – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2004
Across OECD countries, governments, policy makers and university managers are examining the future of higher education and questioning the role of educational research. These discussions are taking place against the backdrop that knowledge production and the contribution of higher education to the economy and the prestige and standing of nations…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Surveys, Competition