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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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Franklin, Kathy K.; Chesser, Jo Sykes; Edleston, Robert J.; Edwards-Schafer, Patricia; Marvin, Stephen R.; Satkowski-Harper, Tricia – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 2001
Electronic focus groups with professors that explored their attitudes toward instructional technology provided data for a theoretical framework. Findings indicated that they have concerns about the ability of such technology to enhance student learning, and many view it simply as a tool for information dissemination and not as a networking medium.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Technology
Franklin, Kathy K. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1999
This qualitative study explored the attitudes of 75 students at two metropolitan universities in focus groups that examined students' collegiate experience, and developed a theoretical model of student satisfaction comprised of three primary constructs: landscape (attitudes related to student understanding of college success), geography (attitudes…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Higher Education, Models, Qualitative Research
Franklin, Kathy K. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1998
From focused conversations with metropolitan university administrators, a theoretical framework defining institutional effectiveness emerged. It includes three primary theoretical constructs: landscape (the fit between university requirements and the lived experiences of students); geography (dissemination, transfer, and construction of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Role, Evaluation Criteria