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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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Jephcote, Martin; Raby, Rosalind Latiner – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2012
In an era of financial constraint, this article gives attention to the role of "community college global counterparts" by comparing colleges of further education in the UK with community colleges in the US. It points to similarities between the two and the ways in which budgetary constraints impact on them--and, in particular, on access…
Descriptors: College Admission, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Community Colleges
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Jephcote, Martin; Salisbury, Jane; Rees, Gareth – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2008
As with other sectors of education, further education seems to be locked in endless change with policy unable to resolve what have become to be regarded as intractable problems. In turn, much is expected of teachers who are left to resolve the competing pressures they are placed under. Evidence suggests that they expend much emotional labour and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Teacher Characteristics, Emotional Experience
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Salisbury, Jane; Jephcote, Martin – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2008
The discussion of students' initial encounters in this paper is based upon data from a research project funded by the ESRC as part of the Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) extension to Wales programme. The research investigated the experiences of "Learning and Working in Further Education Colleges in Wales" and followed the learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Journals, Observation, Interviews