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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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McAlpine, Lynn; Amundsen, Cheryl – Studies in Continuing Education, 2015
Navigating academic work as well as career possibilities during and post-Ph.D. is challenging. To better understand these challenges, since 2010, we have investigated the experiences of early career scientists longitudinally using a range of qualitative data collection formats. For this study, we examined the experiences of four students and four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientists, Entry Workers, Scientific Research
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McAlpine, Lynn; Amundsen, Cheryl – Studies in Continuing Education, 2009
How do doctoral students develop their identities as academics? In this analysis, we explore identity from the perspective of agency--humans as active agents. The analysis was based on the collective data from three earlier studies in different contexts. Embedded in the data were expressions of agency linked to affect--both positive and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Collegiality, Self Concept, Graduate Students
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McAlpine, Lynn; Amundsen, Cheryl; Clement, Mieke; Light, Greg – Studies in Continuing Education, 2009
In this paper, academic developers from universities in three countries explore underlying assumptions about what we as developers do and why we do it in relation to evaluating development programs. Through addressing three questions, key ideas emerge that highlight what is often overlooked in day-to-day practice: the fact that academic…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Faculty Development, Program Evaluation, Role