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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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Packard, Becky Wai-Ling; Kim, Grace June; Sicley, Marissa; Piontkowski, Sarah – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2009
In the career research literature focused on adults, diversely composed mentoring networks are advocated due to their effectiveness in providing a wide range of mentoring functions. This study investigates the composition of informal mentoring networks utilized by low-income urban adolescent girls with healthcare college and career aspirations. In…
Descriptors: Mentors, Females, Low Income Groups, Social Networks
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Packard, Becky Wai-Ling; Walsh, Lynn; Seidenberg, Shana – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2004
College women are positioned at the juncture of adolescence and adulthood, as well as school and work. This study sought to identify whether the structural model underlying the mentoring of college women is dyadic in nature, as it is in adolescence and school settings, or networking in nature, as it is in adulthood and workplace settings.…
Descriptors: Mentors, Females, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Cognitive Structures