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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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Freeman, Karen A.; Gahungu, Athanase – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine (a) factors that influence effective cross-cultural collaboration, and (b) challenges and issues that face researchers in cross-cultural collaboration. During the summer of 2010, 20 researchers and student interns from Ghana Education Service, Chicago State University (CSU-USA), Winneba University of…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Cross Cultural Studies, Intercultural Programs, Field Studies
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Gahungu, Athanase – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2011
Each year, the U.S. invites thousands of foreign-born and foreign-educated professionals as immigrants and on temporary visas, including academicians. In some academic programs such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics, these foreign-born professionals represent an imposing mass, while in others, they are relatively invisible. This…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Nationals, Immigrants, Campuses
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Gahungu, Athanase; Gahungu, Olive; Luseno, Florah – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2011
From 2006 to 2008, refugee resettlement agencies brought 4018 refugees to Chicago, Illinois. Using the example of the challenges faced by 14 refugee students from Burundi in adjusting to the U.S. school system, the authors call the attention of schools to the distinction between educating English Language Learners (ELL) and Educating Culturally…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Social Promotion, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries