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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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Travis, Jon E.; Scott, Joyce A. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2014
Suffering from chronic underfunding and in a headlong race to compete with for-profit higher education, institutions across America are struggling to maintain their operations, and some are forced into desperate measures just to survive. Administrators and faculty faced with these challenges are not immune to compromising the quality of…
Descriptors: Ethics, College Instruction, Integrity, Instructional Effectiveness
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Travis, Jon E.; Price, Kayla F. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2005
The use of distance learning technologies for delivering courses in higher education has challenged faculty to reconsider their firmly-rooted concepts and paradigms, or culture, of instruction. This paper is designed to raise awareness of the creative thinking necessary to reform this culture and to take advantage of the additional capabilities…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Distance Education, Consciousness Raising, Higher Education
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Travis, Jon E.; Outlaw, Tod; Reven, Flo – Journal of Faculty Development, 2001
Using a review of current literature, this article discusses faculty preparation and higher education's commitment to pedagogical instruction and skill development. Identifies 19 institutions that offer graduate degree programs, exclusive of the Doctor of Arts, intended to prepare college faculty. Asserts that the teaching disciplines must…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Postsecondary Education