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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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Ferrari, Joseph R.; Cowman, Shaun E.; Milner, Lauren A. – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2010
Students who self-identified as activity leaders of one (n = 30), two or more (n = 21), or no campus extracurricular clubs (n = 34), completed measures on the institution's mission and values as well as its school sense of community ("SSOC"). Analyses indicated a main effect for race on "SSOC" and a subscale emphasis on diversity, such that…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Higher Education, Student Leadership
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Ferrari, Joseph R.; Mader, Megan C.; Milner, Lauren A.; Temperato, John R. – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2010
This study investigates how research participants' desire to make a positive social impression may affect their responses to survey questions. Specifically, participants may react in socially appropriate ways to create a positive social impression for those persons reviewing their responses. This concept is termed "impression management," or more…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Higher Education, Urban Universities
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Milner, Lauren A.; Ferrari, Joseph R. – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2010
Previous research suggests that different information processing styles influence how effectively students adapt to a college environment. During the college years, individuals shape and refine their values and principles while they also develop a life-long philosophy. The present study examined how student ego-identity development (n = 1,249) was…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Urban Universities, Higher Education