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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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Undocumented Immigrants and State Higher Education Policy: The Politics of In-State Tuition Eligibility in Texas and Arizona
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Dougherty, Kevin J.; Nienhusser, H. Kenny; Vega, Blanca E. – Review of Higher Education, 2010
Every year about 65,000 undocumented students graduate from U.S. high schools. A major obstacle to their attending college is not being eligible for in-state tuition. Today, nine states permit it while four prohibit it. Even if the federal DREAM Act passes, state policy decisions will continue to strongly shape college opportunities for…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, High School Graduates, Barriers, College Attendance
College Tuition: Demand and Supply Determinants from 1960 to 1986.
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Paulsen, Michael B. – Review of Higher Education, 1991
A study testing many hypotheses from recent literature on college tuition determination is reported. The persistence of hypothesized relationships through several decades of varying environmental conditions and institutional circumstances serves as a basis for recommendations regarding the control of tuition increases in U.S. colleges and…
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Educational Finance, Educational Supply, Higher Education
Who Gets Student Aid? Variations in Access to Aid.
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Grubb, W. Norton; Tuma, John – Review of Higher Education, 1991
National data reveal postsecondary students in proprietary schools and vocational education are much more likely than others to receive financial aid, and community college students are much less likely. Because of community college student sensitivity to costs and because evidence indicates aid is effective in two-year colleges, the pattern is…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Institutional Characteristics, National Surveys, Postsecondary Education
The Effects of Student Financial Aid on Persistence: A Sequential Analysis.
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St. John, Edward P.; And Others – Review of Higher Education, 1991
Analysis of effects of different student financial aid types on year-to-year persistence of high school seniors of 1980 found social and educational background had differential effects at different points in the college experience, college experiences were influential, student aid had a positive effect on persistence, and loans promoted…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Educational Background, High Schools
Turning Points in Graduate Student Socialization: Implications for Recruiting Future Faculty.
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Kirk, Deborah; Todd-Mancillas, William R. – Review of Higher Education, 1991
A study of 28 graduate teaching assistants' socialization experiences identified 171 salient experiences signaling and intensifying identification with the departments and their roles as fledgling academicians. Experiences are categorized as (1) changes in intellectual self-evaluation; (2) encounters with students, peers, and superiors; and (3)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Recruitment, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Gerontology: A Case Study in the Evolution of Professional Education.
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Wendt, Pamela F.; Peterson, David A. – Review of Higher Education, 1993
The development of professional gerontology instruction is examined in the context of previous research on the development of professional education more generally through six stages: apprenticeship, knowledge generation, knowledge classification, knowledge teaching, formalization of teaching, and improvement of the profession. Implications for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History, Epistemology