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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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Bone, Elisa K.; Reid, Robert J. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2011
Students in their first year of university face a number of transition issues that can make realising their academic potential difficult. In the sciences, first-year courses cover a large amount of material across broad subject areas, which can make them troublesome for students without background knowledge, and students need to adapt to typically…
Descriptors: High Schools, Prior Learning, Chemistry, Course Content
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Johnson, Richard; Kumar, Margaret – Higher Education Research and Development, 2010
How does the University sector identify and support the diverse needs of Indian students? This paper reports on a research project carried out on undergraduate students from India enrolled at a Melbourne-based University. The focus is the need to understand why Indian students choose an overseas destination for tertiary study. The intent is to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Postsecondary Education, Indians, Foreign Countries