Can ERIC survive a laissez‐faire fiscal policy?

Abstract

This paper contends that US federal policy with regard to the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) must change and that ERIC will need massive restructuring in order to continue to meet the information needs of the education community. Four arguments are presented: ERIC is the most widely known and used educational resource of the US Department of Education; senior OERI and Department of Education officials have consistently undervalued, neglected, and underfunded the project; ERIC’s success is due largely to information analysis and dissemination activities beyond ERIC’s contracted scope; information needs have changed dramatically in the past few years and ERIC cannot keep up with the demands, given its current resources.

Citation

Rudner, L.M. (2000), "Can ERIC survive a laissez‐faire fiscal policy?", The Bottom Line, Vol. 13 No. 3, pp. 127-134. https://doi.org/10.1108/08880450010342863