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Older Adult Volunteers in Intergenerational Programs in Educational Settings across the Globe
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Lee, Youjung; Kim, Young-Mi; Bronstein, Laura; Fox, Vince – Educational Gerontology, 2021
Intergenerational volunteerism is a global phenomenon that aids multiple generations. Considering the positive evidence of volunteering among older adults and their desire for engagement with children, it is important to explore older adult volunteers' experiences in intergenerational programs with a specific focus on the cultural and social…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Volunteers, Older Adults, Phenomenology
Senior Centers: Report of Senior Group Programs in America.
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Laense, Joyce; Wagner, Sara B. – 1975
This report presents results of an interview study made by the National Institute of Senior Centers (NISC), a program of The National Council on the Aging, Inc. (NCOA). Thirty Centers were selected for on-site study. The criterion was a program directed to older adults, meeting at least once weekly on a regularly scheduled basis and providing some…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Gerontology, Group Activities, Group Experience
Senior Citizen Higher Education Opportunity Act. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fifth Congress, First Session on H.R. 3542 to Require Recipients of Federal Aid to Higher Education to Provide Senior Citizens with Access, on a Space Available Basis, to Already Scheduled Courses and Programs.
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
Reported here are the hearings on the Senior Citizen Higher Education Opportunity Act, which requires participants of federal aid to higher education to provide senior citizens with access, on a space available basis, to already scheduled courses and programs. The hearings were held in New York City on June 11, 1977, before the Subcommittee on…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Needs, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
National Program for Selected Population Segments. Project Summaries.
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Prager, Audrey; Goldberg, Judith – 1977
Intended to serve as a sourcebook for prime sponsors, this report summarizes the first phase of a project to analyze and document the activities of the National Program for Selected Population Segments (NPSPS). NPSPS was funded under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to provide employment and training services to special…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Project on Adult Education Opportunities in Industrialized Countries. Executive Summary.
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Peterson, Richard E. – 1980
This executive summary sets forth the findings from a study of adult education opportunities and policies in industrialized countries. Focus of the project is on programs for workers, older persons, women entering the labor force, parents, and undereducated adults in nine countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Federal Republic of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Comparative Analysis
Learning from Adult Education Programs in Foreign Countries.
Peterson, Richard E. – 1980
This paper sketches major programs for adult education in Sweden, the Soviet Union, France, and England and considers several policy implications for adult education in the United States. The first section examines the reforms in Swedish public education designed to facilitate social equality, with special emphasis on the study circle. A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Comparative Analysis, Continuing Education