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Weighing the Options for Improving the National Postsecondary Data Infrastructure
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Rorison, Jamey; Voight, Mamie – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2015
Students, policymakers and institutions all need to have high quality data about how today's students access and pay for higher education--and what contributes to their success. But the data that are available now are woefully inadequate. We need to improve the national postsecondary data infrastructure The report thoroughly explores seven options…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Data, Database Management Systems, Information Management
The Recent Fate of a National Alcohol Information System.
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Regazzi, John J.; Murchio, Christine M. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1983
Information activities carried out by both National Clearinghouse for Alcohol Information (NCALI) and Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies (RCAS) are described, highlighting establishment of a cooperative information-sharing arrangement between these two centers, its subsequent discontinuation due to federal budget cuts, and current prospects for…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Clearinghouses, Federal Programs, Information Networks
Redesigning ERIC: A Modern Information System for Practicing Educators.
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Guthrie, James W.; Stoddart, Trish – 1986
Asserting that few teachers can provide examples of how they actually used educational research to shape an instructional decision, this position paper argues that as presently structured, the educational research institution does not appear to be effective in communicating products of its work to practitioners. The paper examines obvious barriers…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Educational Research, Federal Programs
ERIC as a Resource for Improving Education: How Is It Doing?
Heinmiller, J. L. – 1982
Following a brief description of the role of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) as a provider of bibliographic control over the fugitive research and development literature in education, this paper reports on a number of studies evaluating various aspects of the effectiveness of the ERIC system. The function of ERIC as a vehicle…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Educational Resources, Federal Programs, Information Centers
The Iowa Distance Education Alliance: Star Schools--A Special Statewide Network.
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Simonson, Michael; And Others – TechTrends, 1993
Outlines the structures, technologies, participants, and benefits of the proposed project, "Iowa Distance Education Alliance: Partnerships for Interactive Learning through Telecommunications," which received a U.S. Department of Education Star Schools Program grant in October 1992. Project goals, timetables, and activities are listed.…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Continuing Education, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Dissemination at the National Institute of Education: Contending Ideas about Research, Practice, and the Federal Role. A Study of Dissemination Efforts Supporting School Improvement. People, Policies, and Practices: Examining the Chain of School Improvement, Volume VI.
Thompson, Charles L. – 1982
The sixth volume of a 10-volume report, this document provides an analytic history of dissemination at the National Institute of Education, focusing on six dissemination-related programs supported by the Institute: Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), State Dissemination Capacity Building Program, Urban Sites/Documentation and…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Diffusion (Communication), Educational History, Educational Resources