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Melissa Bishop Yu – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The number of college admissions for older adults has increased at less than expected rates, impacting older individuals by depriving them of educational benefits which promote successful aging, and by depriving society of the benefits of these individuals' wisdom and experience. According to successful aging theory, successful aging includes the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Economic Factors, Adults, Nontraditional Students
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Laditka, Sarah B.; Fischer, Mary; Laditka, James N.; Segal, David R. – Educational Gerontology, 2004
Using an updated version of the Aging Semantic Differential, 534 younger, middle age, and older participants from a college community rated female and male targets categorized as ages 21-34 and 75-85. Participants also provided views about their own aging. Repeated measures of analysis of variance examined attitudinal differences by age and gender…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Semantic Differential, Gender Differences, Aging (Individuals)