Using a political economy approach, the low participation of older adults in formal higher education can be explained by contextual issues such as public policy on aging, higher education's role in transmitting ideology, and the effects of social stratification by class, gender, and ethnicity. (Contains 22 references.) (SK)

This document contains an international collection of national position papers on leisure and aging. The following papers are included in the first section: "'Active' and 'Passive' Constructs of Elderly" (Max Kaplan); "Recreation and the Aged: A Review" (Helen J. Threlfall); "The Elderly in Bolivia"; "The Elderly…

Education for the elderly has received little attention from New Zealand (NZ) policymakers. Older adults are neither excluded from universities nor encouraged to attend. Though all NZ universities enroll small numbers of adults, their role should expand. University for the Third Age and Elderhostel movements have NZ counterparts. (DMM)

The purpose of this summary report is to briefly explain the conclusions and recommendations contained in the April (1988) Report of New Zealand's Royal Commission on Social Policy. Features of contemporary society which should govern social policy over the next decade are discussed. Four points stand out. First, improvements must be made in race…