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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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Preparing to Live the Institutional Mission: An Evaluation of a Pilot Program with Engaged Students
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Temperato, John R.; Ferrari, Joseph R. – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2010
The current study investigated how a select group of mission-engaged, upper division students (n = 7) compared to a random sample of junior- (n = 20) and senior- (n = 20) year students in their perception of an urban, Catholic, and religious-order-sponsored university's identity. Across two years, we assessed mission identity and mission-driven…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Urban Universities, Higher Education
Making a Positive Impression about the Mission of an Urban, Catholic University: Gender, First-Generation College, and Religious Preference Comparisons
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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