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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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Ward, Elijah G. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2012
The author gives a personal account of his relationship with his graduate mentor, Allan Schnaiberg. He also describes a mentoring project that he created with a colleague. The mentoring project emerges as both a vehicle for and a window onto the intergenerational transmission of the mentoring disposition of Schnaiberg. It stands as but one of many…
Descriptors: Mentors, Guidance Objectives, Teacher Collaboration, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
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Ward, Elijah G.; Thomas, Earl E.; Disch, William B. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2012
Two faculty members developed and implemented a successful, holistic, goal-oriented peer-mentoring project for two years at a midsize, urban university to enhance student success and retention. In year one, 12 juniors and seniors mentored 34 freshmen and sophomores; in year two, 14 upperclassmen mentored 40 underclassmen. A grounded theory…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Mentors, Urban Universities, Data Analysis