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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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Palazesi, Louis Mark; Bower, Beverly L.; Schwartz, Robert A. – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2008
The purpose of this study was to present a grounded theory that fills in gaps in the higher education literature on the concept of educational consumer value and perceptions that support consumer value. Specifically, this study focuses on the learning experiences of Baby Boomers (40-60 year old adults) as older adult students attending community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consumer Economics, Baby Boomers, Student Recruitment
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Roszkowski, Michael J.; Reilly, Paul J. – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2005
Using 10 distinct samples, analyses were conducted to determine whether empirical support could be garnered for the proposition that working adults selecting a college for part-time studies tend to consider the proximity of the school to their home to be more important than the school's proximity to where they work. On a hypothetical task (first 5…
Descriptors: College Students, Adult Students, Part Time Students, Commuting Students