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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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Unions and Universities: A Troubled Marriage.
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McIlroy, John – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1988
The author analyzes the collaboration between unions and universities to provide courses in "Industrial Studies" in Great Britain from the mid-1970s to the present. He states that the main problem between these two entities was one of clashing educational philosophies. (CH)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Labor Education
Tales from Smoke-Filled Rooms.
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McIlroy, John – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1993
Several case studies examine the issue of whether Trades Union Congress educational programs are inordinately influenced by the state. Continued intervention of the Conservative state and the disorganized condition of labor education leave the latter open to narrow vocationalism. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Censorship, Educational Policy, Federal Aid
Border Country: Raymond Williams in Adult Education. Part I.
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McIlroy, John – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1990
Reviews the life and work of British adult educator Raymond Williams, including his ideological bases, teaching methods, and publications post-World War II to 1960. Includes 195 reference notes. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Biographies, Foreign Countries