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Education for Older Adults: Selected Bibliography
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Bader, Jeanne E. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1978
This article presents a bibliography on education for older adults. (JEL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, Educational Gerontology, Gerontology
The First 20 Years of the University of Oregon Center for Gerontology.
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Bader, Jeanne E.; And Others – Educational Gerontology, 1988
Discusses the origins of the University of Oregon's 20-year-old Center for Gerontology, focusing on the center's accomplishments. Discusses the center's current design, including both the continuities and the changes that have characterized its development. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: Gerontology, Higher Education, History, Human Services
"Uncapping" in Higher Education: A Primer.
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Bader, Jeanne E. – Educational Gerontology, 1988
Addresses the issue of "uncapping" in institutions of higher education. Notes that, beginning January 1, 1994, chronological age will no longer be a legally acceptable cause for dismissal of tenured faculty 40 years of age and older. Discusses the governance problems expected to result from this change in federal law. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, Chronological Age, Early Retirement, Federal Legislation
Formal Educational Opportunities for Older Adults
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Bader, Jeanne E. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1978
The relatively new trend of going back to school represents a philosophical advance among older people at once in the direction of belief in one's own worth and also toward a desire for and belief in one's lifelong potential for intellectual growth and personal development. (Author/JEL)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Opportunities, Educational Programs, Gerontology