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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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Fifty Years of Advocacy for Adults in Higher Education.
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Lavin, Lydia – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 1988
The author provides a history of continuing higher education as shown through the records of the Association of Continuing Higher Education and its predecessor, the Association of University Evening Colleges. She discusses the effects of various changes in society as a whole on continuing education. (CH)
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Continuing Education, Educational History
Historical Antecedents of Adult Education in the United States: The British Connection.
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Long, Huey B. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 1986
The author traces the educational activities of adults in colonial America back to their British counterparts. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Clubs, Colonial History (United States), Discussion Groups