ohio continuing higher education association march 24, 2011 shifts happen: older adults &...
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Ohio Continuing Higher Education AssociationMarch 24, 2011
Shifts Happen:
Older Adults & Lifelong Learning
Mary Beth Lakin, Associate DirectorCenter for Lifelong Learning
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About ACE
The American Council on Education (ACE) is the only higher education organization that
represents presidents and chancellors of all types of U.S. accredited, degree-granting
institutions: community colleges and four-year institutions, private and public universities, and
nonprofit and for-profit colleges.
This cross-sector membership enables ACE to serve as higher education's unifying voice.
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ACE’s Center for Lifelong Learning
What an individual learns is more
important than when, where, and how
the individual learned it.
www.acenet.edu/clll
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Transitions: Learning, Work, and Community
At 55, I expect to . . .
At 55, I expected to . . .
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Older Adults: The Landscape
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What shifts are taking place?
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What do we know? What do we need to know?
• What older adults know
• How to help older adults make use of what they know
• What we are doing in our own organizations
• How to respond to continuum of learning needs
• How to use our resources wisely
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What are we doing? What do we need to do?
• Map terrain
• Reach out in nontraditional ways
• Take life cycle approach
• Borrow what works to increase options
• Link across organization types & sectors
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The maps they gave us were out of date by years.
--Adrienne Rich