Examines the capacity of older people to serve as an economic and social resource. A proposal to develop a secondary labor market which employs older people in expanding the current human service delivery system, and a case study of a specific educational approach providing new opportunities leading to productive roles for able people in human…

Identifies societal trends increasing the need to retrain older workers for second careers. Sees community colleges as an important resource for retraining older workers and describes some pioneering programs. Identifies key program components (e.g., employment skills for mature adults, ties to regional employers, achievement expectations), and…

Colleges and universities throughout the United States are faced with the new mission of offering comprehensive educational programs designed to strengthen the employment skills of mature adults. In the coming decades, as the number of young people entering the labor force decreases by an expected one-third, the number of available workers aged…