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Direct linkSimi, Demi; Matusitz, Jonathan – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2016
This paper examines ageism among older students in U.S. higher education. Ageism involves any uncalled-for reaction to any age and does not require racism and sexism to exist. Social closure theory is the research framework used in this analysis. The theory posits that specific parties (i.e., in-groups) gain benefits by closing off favorable…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Discrimination, Undergraduate Students, Adult Learning
Narayan, Chetna – Educational Gerontology, 2008
This study was designed to determine current young adults' attitudes toward older adults and to explore, more specifically, whether they hold different attitudes towards older men and women. An additional objective was to examine the association between knowledge of aging processes and attitudes towards older adults. A total of 405 (210 males, 195…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Females, Young Adults, Older Adults
