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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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Schlosser, Lewis Z.; Sedlacek, William E. – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2001
Assessed how different levels of previous academic success related to varying outcomes, such as desire to pursue postgraduate education, higher career aspirations, and factors related to leaving school prematurely. Found that students who have been successful in the past are more likely to have more positive perceptions of their academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Higher Education, Occupational Aspiration
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Fuertes, Jairo N.; Sedlacek, William E.; Roger, Patricia R.; Mohr, Jonathan K. – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2000
Freshmen (n=206) at a public university took the Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Orientation Scale, a measure of openness to and appreciation of similarities and differences in others. Correlation with results of other instruments found universal-diverse orientation was a predictor of students' attitudes toward help-seeking, their academic…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Freshmen, Cultural Differences, Help Seeking
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Noldon, Denise F.; Kim, Sue H.; Sedlacek, William E. – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2000
Survey responses of a group of college seniors to questions about university academic and student services were compiled. More than half of the responses had to do with student interaction with faculty; the importance of positive interaction with faculty was particularly evident for women. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, Educational Environment, Higher Education
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Liu, William M.; Sedlacek, William E. – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 1999
The University New Student Census was administered to 376 Asian-Pacific-American (APA) incoming freshman students at the University of Maryland (College Park) and analyzed for differences concerning leadership and college expectations. Results suggest that definitions of leadership may need to be expanded to include the various ways leadership is…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, College Freshmen, Definitions, Females