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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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Sweetman, Rachel; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Karlsen, Hilde – Tertiary Education and Management, 2014
In many quarters, attempts are underway to identify learning outcomes in higher education which are context-neutral or "generic"; such measures could provide new ways to assess and compare outputs from higher education. This paper considers potential challenges in using such broad learning outcomes across contrasting disciplinary and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Frolich, Nicoline; Brandt, Synnove; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Aamodt, Per Olaf – Tertiary Education and Management, 2009
Growing national and international competition for students puts pressure on higher education institutions (HEIs) to develop marketing and student recruitment strategies; these are also driven by financial stress caused by performance-based funding mechanisms. In this paper we explore Norwegian HEIs' student recruitment strategies. What type of…
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, Methods, College Administration, Higher Education
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Olsen, Terje Bruen; Kyvik, Svein; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth – Tertiary Education and Management, 2005
This paper analyses the outcome of a reform of the academic career structure in Norway. From 1993 on, associate professors can apply for promotion to full professorships on the basis of individual research competence irrespective of vacant professorships. This has now become a more important way of attaining a full professorship than through…
Descriptors: Competition, Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Faculty Promotion