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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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Kim, Dongbin; Nuñez, Anne-Marie – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2013
Whether and where students begin college after high school profoundly affects their degree completion and ultimate educational attainment. Students' college access is influenced not only by individual characteristics, but also by economic, social, and schooling contexts. Accordingly, using data from the Educational Longitudinal Study, 2002…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Enrollment, Social Environment, Context Effect
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Harris, Frank, III; Wood, J. Luke – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2013
A substantial body of scholarship on men of color in postsecondary education has emerged since the late 1990s. Yet, only recently have scholars begun to pursue empirical insights about the status of men of color who attend community colleges. In an effort to inform future research, this article reviews the published scholarship on student success…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Literature Reviews, Success, Males
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Nunez, Anne-Marie; Crisp, Gloria – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2012
Prior research has indicated that there are differences among the diverse Latino/a ethnic groups in their K-12 educational experiences, but little is known about variations in their postsecondary experiences. Drawing on a conceptual framework informed by the theory of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, this research examined Mexican American and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, College Choice, Puerto Ricans