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Direct linkCruce, Ty M.; Hillman, Nicholas W. – Research in Higher Education, 2012
Over the next decade, Baby Boomers will be reaching retirement age in large numbers and the U.S. will be undergoing one of the most significant demographic shifts in its history. This demographic shift has important implications for the role of higher education as a provider of lifelong learning and for the changing composition of postsecondary…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Retirement, Baby Boomers, Lifelong Learning
Download full textCreighton, Sean; Hudson, Lisa – 2002
Participation of U.S. adults in formal learning activities during the 1990s was examined by analyzing data from the 1991, 1995, and 1999 Adult Education Surveys that were part of the National Household Education Surveys Program. Overall, participation in adult education between 1991 and 1999 increased among all but one age group (35-44 years), all…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
