| Description |
xiii, 175 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Continuing Higher Education series |
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Continuing Higher Education series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: negotiating the retirement rite -- The new age wave and higher education's response : Post-retirement learning : Emerging demographies and social patterns ; Higher education responses ; Issues and questions ; Conclusion -- Developing successful college-level programs for learning in retirement : LIR program and organization models : Institution-driven programs ; Member-driven programs ; Common characteristics ; Conclusion -- Starting your own learning-in-retirement program : The preconception phase - positioning for university commitment ; The conception phase - keep the message simple ; Gathering a critical mass of community support ; The first trappings of an organization ; Space - the first frontier ; The program ; Membership dues ; Political support ; Volunteer structure ; Role of course leaders/peer teachers ; Initial publicity ; Converting inquiries into members ; Quick membership growth ; Governance structure ; Details too small to mention ; Conclusion -- Instructional program design : An overview of LIR programs ; How the curriculum is established ; Formats and levels of participation ; Selecting instructional leadership ; Level of academic rigor ; Maintaining academic standards ; Auxiliary educational programs ; Conclusion -- Membership: marketing, recruitment, and retention : Marketing thinking: what an institute offers its members ; Attracting members ; Some cautionary notes about marketing ; Retention of members: thoughts on member satisfaction ; Conclusion -- Resource allocation and fee setting : Institutional issues ; Tuition and membership fee structures ; Staff, faculty, and volunteers ; Developing and managing the budget ; Related financial issues ; Conclusion -- The intellectually restless: views from the members : Psycho-social needs of members ; Intellectual benefits ; Social benefits ; Maintaining a sense of purpose and usefulness ; Controlling your life ; Health and income benefits -- Expanded visions and new horizons in the third age : Intergenerational synergy : Intergenerational learning: a working definition ; Adult development: ages and stages ; Intergenerational learning: program characteristics and institutional applications ; Conclusion -- Creative retirement in an aging society : The third-age learner in an aging society ; A place for creative retirement ; Rationale for the future -- Coasting home! : LIRs belong to their members ; The uses of the past -- Learning-in-retirement bylaws -- Sample membership information form -- Program survey -- Higher education institutions sponsoring member-driven LIR-type programs -- Sample first-year annual LIR budget -- Memorandum of understanding concerning LIR operations (supplement to bylaws). |
| Subject |
Older people -- Education (Higher) -- United States.
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Continuing education -- United States.
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Universities and colleges -- United States.
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Continuing education. (OCoLC)fst00876705
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Universities and colleges. (OCoLC)fst01161597
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Fischer, Richard B.
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Blazey, Mark L.
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Lipman, Henry T.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Students of the third age. New York : NUCEA, American Council on Education : Macmillan ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, ©1992 (OCoLC)622850059 |
| ISBN |
0028971434 |
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9780028971438 |
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