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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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Whitchurch, Celia; Gordon, George – Tertiary Education and Management, 2011
This paper suggests that as university missions have adapted to accommodate major developments associated with, for instance, mass higher education and internationalisation agendas, university workforces have diversified. They now, for instance, incorporate practitioners in areas such as health and social care, and professional staff who support…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Development, Higher Education, Governance
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Whitchurch, Celia; Gordon, George – Tertiary Education and Management, 2010
This paper draws on an international study of the management challenges arising from diversifying academic and professional identities in higher education. These challenges include, for instance, the introduction of practice-based disciplines with different traditions such as health and social care, the changing aspirations and expectations of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Identification (Psychology), College Faculty
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Baird, Jeanette; Gordon, George – Tertiary Education and Management, 2009
A framework is described to assist institutions in evaluating the extent to which activities described as "quality improvements" or "quality enhancements" are likely to directly improve the student experience. The framework classifies ways of improving the student experience into "coaching improvements", "umpiring improvements", and "facilities…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Student Experience, Case Studies