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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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Schmidt, Steven W.; Githens, Rod P. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2010
The idea for a pre-conference session focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues in human resource development (HRD) seemed an appropriate topic for an international conference on HRD. The LGBT rights movement has been closely linked with the world of work and the opportunities made available through shifts from an agrarian…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, Conferences (Gatherings)
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Ghosh, Rajashi; Githens, Rod P. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2009
As regular attendees at the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) Conference, the authors enjoyed interacting with the highly relevant study by Diane Chapman and her colleagues (Chapman, Wiessner, Morton, Fire, Jones, & Majekodunmi, 2009). In the study, they use several theoretical tools to understand the learning experiences of doctoral…
Descriptors: Network Analysis, Student Participation, Social Networks, Doctoral Programs
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Githens, Rod P. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2009
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employee resource groups have brought about substantial organizational change within corporations. Capitalist structures have enabled these changes to occur more quickly in the private sector than within the public sector. In this article, I explore how capitalism has converged with two approaches of…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Employees, Private Sector, Organizational Change