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Schoon, Ingrid, Ed.; Silbereisen, Rainer K., Ed. – Trentham Books, 2017
Among the many life transitions that individuals must master throughout their lives, the transition to adulthood ranks very high in terms of importance, complexity and uniqueness. It involves the completion of education, and the assumption of new social roles and responsibilities, at a time when previous institutional structures that guided…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Social Change, Educational Attainment, Midlife Transitions
Willis, Sherry L., Ed.; Reid, James D., Ed. – 1999
This textbook consolidates main findings across disciplines about individuals' development during the middle years. Twelve chapters are organized into three parts. The first three chapters explore development from the perspective of a historical/cultural period and within the context of dynamic social change and looks at theories of identity and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Cardiovascular System
Schwartz, Lita Linzer, Ed. – 1994
At mid-life, almost every marriage undergoes a crisis, but most people are looking for a way to get through this crisis, and not for a way out of the marriage. This monograph examines the basic issues surrounding mid-life divorce. Several different perspectives are represented in this collection of articles as various clinicians discuss the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counseling Techniques, Divorce, Family Counseling
Clark, Shirley M., Ed.; Lewis, Darrell R., Ed. – 1985
Issues concerning faculty career vitality, including institutional policy options and demographic and external pressures, are addressed in 12 chapters. In the first chapter, Shirley M. Clark, Carol M. Boyer, and Mary Corcoran review theoretical and conceptual issues concerning institutional and faculty vitality. The following chapters and authors…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Career Change, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty