Educators protest government plan to alter popular research database

“Academics are worried that a popular online database covering virtually every topic in the field of education could become much tougher to use under a Bush administration effort to restructure it.”

“At issue is a Department of Education proposal to consolidate the Educational Resources Information Center.”

“ERIC, as it is called, is a treasure trove of research material about education: It includes abstracts of more than 1 million journal articles, research reports and teaching guides, among other types of literature.” (from AP)