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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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Institutional Merit-Based Aid and Student Departure: A Longitudinal Analysis
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Gross, Jacob P. K.; Hossler, Don; Ziskin, Mary; Berry, Matthew S. – Review of Higher Education, 2015
The use of merit criteria in awarding institutional aid has grown considerably and, some argue, is supplanting need as the central factor in awarding aid. Concurrently, the accountability movement in higher education has placed greater emphasis on retention and graduation as indicators of institutional success and quality. In this context, this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Financial Aid, Accountability, Academic Achievement
Diverse Information-Gathering Methods in the Postsecondary Decision-Making Process.
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Hamrick, Florence A.; Hossler, Don – Review of Higher Education, 1996
A survey of 297 college-bound high school seniors and parents examined techniques for gathering information about postsecondary education and institutions. Students were designated as "highly diversified" or "less diversified" searchers; background characteristics and information-gathering behaviors of each were identified. High diversification…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Bound Students, College Choice, Comparative Analysis
Grounded Meta-Analysis: A Guide for Research Syntheses.
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Hossler, Don; Scalese-Love, Patrick – Review of Higher Education, 1989
A grounded meta-analytic technique for comparing organizational interventions derived from rational-based strategies (e.g., management-by-objectives, planned change) with organizational culture-based strategies (organizational culture, climate) is described. The method is seen as useful for integrating qualitative and quantitative research.…
Descriptors: Convergent Thinking, Higher Education, Meta Analysis, Organizational Theories
On-Going Dialogue: Graduation Rates in Higher Education Programs: What Enrollment Trends Show.
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Gallagher, Karen S.; Hossler, Don – Review of Higher Education, 1987
Enrollment and graduation data may help to understand the development and vitality of graduate programs in higher education. Graduation statistics from higher education programs are analyzed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Programs, Enrollment Trends, Females
Being Undecided about Postsecondary Education.
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Hossler, Don; Maple, Sue – Review of Higher Education, 1993
A longitudinal study compared Indiana ninth graders (n=178) with and without postsecondary education plans. Results indicate decided and undecided students can be differentiated by the amount of time spent thinking about postsecondary options, amount of information received regarding those options, academic achievement, and student and parent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Choice, Decision Making, Educational Objectives