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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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Salisbury, Mark H.; An, Brian P.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2013
International educators have long asserted that study abroad improves students' intercultural competence. However, the evidence is less clear than the rhetoric suggests. Examining longitudinal data from a national study of college students, this study explores the impact of study abroad on intercultural competence while accounting for a host…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Intercultural Communication, Longitudinal Studies, Institutional Characteristics
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Padgett, Ryan D.; Keup, Jennifer R.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2013
Using longitudinal data from the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education, this study measured the impact of first-year seminars on college students' life-long learning orientations. The findings suggest that first-year seminars enhance students' life-long learning orientations and that the effect of first-year seminars is…
Descriptors: Seminars, College Freshmen, Lifelong Learning, Program Effectiveness
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Martin, Georgianna L.; Hevel, Michael S.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2012
This study explored the effects of fraternity and sorority membership on first-year college students' development of socially responsible leadership at 24 colleges and universities. The institutions varied in terms of public versus private, size, region, and student residential patterns. Results showed that fraternity members demonstrated…
Descriptors: Leadership, Sororities, Fraternities, College Freshmen