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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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Larmar, Stephen; Ingamells, Ann – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2010
Over the past decade in Australia there has been an increasing focus in higher education on identifying cogent approaches for assisting first-year university students in their transition into the university setting. In recent years, an emerging body of literature has given emphasis to the efficacy of a range of strategies for engaging first-year…
Descriptors: Human Services, Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, College Freshmen
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Gatfield, Terry; Larmar, Stephen – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2008
Higher education ranks as Australia's sixth largest export sector, making a financial contribution of over $9 billion to the economy in 2004-2005. Surveys of potential students and projections by IDP-Education Australia on marketing higher education in 2025 are that the overseas student intake will rise by 14% to 850,000, earning in export trade…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Study Abroad