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Ladner, Matthew – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2015
"Turn and Face the Strain: Age Demographic Change and the Near Future of American Education" outlines a fierce battle looming between the needs of public health care and education. A crisis is fast approaching that makes comprehensive improvement of America's public schools more important than ever. Faced with rapidly expanding…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Baby Boomers, Retirement, Public Schools
Ladner, Matthew – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2015
"Turn and Face the Strain: Age Demographic Change and the Near Future of American Education" outlines a fierce battle looming between the needs of public health care and education. A crisis is fast approaching that makes comprehensive improvement of America's public schools more important than ever. Faced with rapidly expanding…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Baby Boomers, Retirement, Public Schools
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Truluck, Janet; Kim, Young Sek; Valentine, Thomas – Adult Learning, 2010
Developing educational programs for older adults who are highly educated and healthy is necessary in order to meet the learning needs for this specific group. One response to this demand for educational programs is the Learning in Retirement Organization (LIR). LIR began in New York City in 1962 as an educational program for retired professionals.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Older Adults, Retirement
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Stephan, Yannick; Fouquereau, Evelyne; Fernandez, Anne – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2008
Little is known about the motivational forces leading retired individuals to engage in post-retirement activities and how they could be related to satisfaction with retirement. Using the self-determination framework, the purpose of the present exploratory study was to examine the nature of active retirees' motivation and its impact on satisfaction…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Retirement, Life Satisfaction, Academic Achievement