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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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Gandara, Patricia – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2005
Minority access to higher education was dealt a blow in 1995 when the University of California Regents passed a resolution barring consideration of race or ethnicity in admissions. The university responded to the severe decline in minority enrollment by supporting "outreach" programs, such as Puente, but "forgot" its promise of support when state…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Hispanic American Students, Equal Education, College Admission
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Cardona, Jose Ruben Parra; Busby, Dean M.; Wampler, Richard S. – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2004
The transgenerational cultural identity model offers a detailed understanding of the immigration experience by challenging agendas of assimilation and by expanding on existing theories of cultural identity. Based on this model, immigration is a complex phenomenon influenced by many variables such as sociopsychological dimensions, family,…
Descriptors: Immigration, Acculturation, Identification (Psychology), Cultural Influences
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Smith-Hunter, Andrea – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2004
This article begins with a look at women employment over the years and the historical place of women entrepreneurship in today's economy. It continues by analyzing data statistically on women entrepreneurs in the United States across racial lines, with a particular focus on Hispanic women entrepreneurs. The article ends by examining the critical…
Descriptors: Females, Entrepreneurship, Racial Differences, Hispanic Americans