NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
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.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Showing all 2 results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Elton, Lewis – Tertiary Education and Management, 2003
It is argued that the major reason for the at least partial failure in the dissemination of teaching innovations lies in the uni-directional approach used and the reliance on dissemination through education, both of which are in conflict with well established change theory, which is outlined. The paper demonstrates how the Enterprise in Higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Innovation, Universities, Theories
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Elton, Lewis – Tertiary Education and Management, 1999
Argues that governmental pressures on universities force change that can have positive effects on the institution's teaching function when guidelines based on sociological systems theory are followed. Offers as a successful example the Enterprise in Higher Education Initiative in the United Kingdom which focused on curricular change, and as an…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship