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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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Wilks, Judith; Wilson, Katie – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2012
This article reports on a research project that investigated the aspirations of primary and secondary school students about access to, and participation in higher education. The research was undertaken at schools in low socio-economic status regional and rural areas of north-eastern New South Wales. The paper discusses the background to the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
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Tickell, Geoffrey; Smyrnios, Kosmas X. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2005
Awareness of factors associated with academic performance in tertiary accounting education courses is useful for selection officers, educators, administrators and students. Yet research shows findings relating to this topic area to be inconclusive. Also, investigations are typically cross-sectional rather than longitudinal, and as such can have…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Grades (Scholastic), Secondary Schools, Transfer Students