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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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Devlin, Marcia; James, Richard; Grigg, Gabrielle – Tertiary Education and Management, 2008
A key determinant of the new relationship between students and universities in Australia is the changing nature of higher education funding arrangements and the shift towards "user-pays". In 2007, the Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) completed a commissioned national study, "Australian University Student Finances 2006: Final Report…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement
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Coates, Hamish; James, Richard; Baldwin, Gabrielle – Tertiary Education and Management, 2005
The rapid uptake of campus-wide Learning Management Systems (LMS) is changing the character of the on-campus learning experience. The trend towards LMS as an adjunct to traditional learning modes has been the subject of little research beyond technical analyses of alternative software systems. Drawing on Australian experience, this paper presents…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Learning Modalities, Learning Experience, Online Systems
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James, Richard – Tertiary Education and Management, 2003
This paper reports a recent national study by the Centre for the Study of Higher Education into contemporary practices in student assessment in Australian higher education and the issues of quality assurance facing the sector in the light of public speculation and concern about academic standards. A major issue emerging from the project is the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Standards, Quality Control, Program Effectiveness