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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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Conti, Jessica R.; Adams, Sue K.; Kisler, Tiffani S. – NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, 2014
While sleep deficits in adulthood are common and worsening, college women experience significantly more sleep problems and depression than their male counterparts. In recent years, sleep has been investigated as one of the primary contributors to college functioning and GPA. No known study, however, has investigated the connection between…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Sleep, Females, Questionnaires
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Waterman, Stephanie J.; Lindley, Lorinda S. – NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, 2013
Beginning with an overview of historical perspectives of Native American women, this article includes some discussion of values and practices of contemporary Native American women, data pertaining to Native American women's participation in higher education, and an introduction of familial cultural capital, community cultural wealth, Native…
Descriptors: Females, American Indian Students, American Indian Culture, Academic Persistence
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Schweer, Jen Luettel; Heather, Katie; Kay, Kathryn; Stewart, K. Leigh; Kovach, Laura – NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, 2012
R.U. Ready? at Georgetown University is an annual sexual assault awareness event that incorporates peer education and resources with opportunities for students, staff, and faculty to dialogue about providing bystander intervention throughout the campus community. Beyond dialogue, participants learn about student activism and the resources and…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, College Students, Consciousness Raising, Peer Relationship
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Christopher, F. Scott; Kisler, Tiffani S. – NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, 2012
College women's experiences with sexual and physical violence are so common that campus interventions are needed. To help guide these, we surveyed 339 college women and asked: (a) are college women's experiences with different types of relational violence interrelated; and (b) are there patterns of association between types of violence and mental…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Student Personnel Services, Student Surveys
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Hart, Jeni; Lester, Jaime – NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, 2011
The purpose of this qualitative study is to better understand how gender is constructed at a women's college. Specifically, the researchers use Judith Butler's (1990) work on performativity to frame how members of the campus community perceive transgender students are integrated into the college. Through semi-structured interviews with faculty,…
Descriptors: Single Sex Colleges, Sexual Identity, Performance, College Students
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Wilson, Kristin B.; Cox, Elizabeth M. – NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to use feminist critical policy analysis to understand the lived experiences of mothering while attending community college and to suggest institutional transformations that might better support mothering students. The findings are based on the re-analysis of interview data from 13 mothering students. We found that…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Mothers, Child Rearing, Family School Relationship