This qualitative study explored the relationship between creativity, time, age, and the literary world among 16 award-winning Israeli writers in the second half of their lives. Based on data collected through in-depth interviews with the participants, the findings indicate that the writers' creativity in the second half of life was linked to…

The preference for younger job candidates revealed in industrial literature and suggested by previous educational surveys was empirically substantiated for physical education teachers in this study. (Author/JM)

Results are reported of a study conducted to determine whether secondary school administrators (N=233) hold stereotyped views of teacher capability based upon age and whether age was a determining factor related to promotion. Findings favor younger teachers. (DC)

One hundred-seventy elementary school children in Western Pennsylvania were involved in a pilot study to examine young children's views on aging and the elderly. Approximately half of these children were involved in the Senior Citizen School Volunteer Program which provided consistent classroom contact with a senior citizen resource person. The…

By the Older Americans Amendments of 1975, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was directed to investigate unreasonable age discrimination in federally-assisted programs, report the findings and recommend statutory changes for administrative actions. Results of examinations of the literature, field studies and public hearings on the following…