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Building Bridges between Generations.
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Conyers, John – Educational Leadership, 1996
A suburban Cook County (Illinois) school district has tapped an invaluable community resource--senior citizens--for two generations' mutual enrichment. Senior Exchange gives residents over 54 a chance to help schools while earning money to pay the portion of their property tax bill supporting schools. Other intergenerational exchanges include…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grants, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults
Sustaining Intergenerational Service-Learning in Gerontology Education
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O'Quin, Jo Ann; Bulot, James J.; Johnson, Christopher J. – Educational Gerontology, 2005
Service-learning is a pedagogical innovation in higher education that offers experiential learning to students while providing benefits to communities. Recognizing the importance of this innovation, the Corporation for National and Community Service has promoted the development of intergenerational service-learning components in gerontology…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Grants, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Although Small, Hazen Foundation Has Reputation Far Beyond Its Size.
Desruisseaux, Paul – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
The Hazen Foundation screens proposals, scouts projects in all parts of the country and annually funds three dozen programs and organizations. The foundation's overriding and continuing concern has been American youth and the environment and values that guide the development of young people. (MLW)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Educational Finance, Fellowships