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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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Will the Liberal Arts Survive the Bronze Age of American Academe?
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Kimball, Bruce A. – Journal of Higher Education, 2015
Kimball begins this essay by comparing the start of the "golden age" of liberal arts education as the period between about 1950 and 1975 when American higher education's revenue and enrollments of colleges and universities grew enormously. During the subsequent silver age of academe, ending in the Great Recession of 2008-2009,…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Educational History, Higher Education, Humanities Instruction
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Olivas, Michael A. – Journal of Higher Education, 2000
Reviews two books concerned with sexual harassment in higher education: (1) "Sexual Harassment on Campus: A Guide for Administrators, Faculty, and Students," edited by Bernice R. Sandler and Robert J. Shoop; and (2) "Sexual Harassment in Higher Education: Reflections and New Perspectives, by Billie Wright Dziech and Michael W. Hawkins. Calls the…
Descriptors: College Administration, Educational Trends, Higher Education, Legal Problems
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Kimball, Bruce A. – Journal of Higher Education, 1988
Reviews of two histories of American legal and medical education are presented. The books are: "Law School: Legal Education in America from the 1850s to the 1980s" (Robert Stevens) and "Learning to Heal: The Development of American Medical Education" (Kenneth M. Ludmerer). (MLW)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Educational History, Higher Education, Law Schools