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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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Alam, Nadia – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2010
In education, economic impact studies have been largely the product of higher education institutions. Colleges and universities have recognized that they can cultivate public, political and financial support by effectively demonstrating their high return-on-investment value. For more than a decade, all types of higher education institutions have…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Economic Impact, Economic Research
Ludes, Jake, III; Kampits, Eva I.; Alam, Nadia – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2008
As a receding economy contributes to public anxiety about jobs and an uncertain financial future, education becomes a target of state and local cuts. Reducing education funding does not help solve economic woes, however. According to the most recent economic impact report of the New England Association of Schools & Colleges (NEASC), cuts in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Schools, Economic Impact