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ERIC Number: EJ505498
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-8926
Developmental Needs of Older Adults: Implications for Community Colleges.
Puccio, Ella
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v19 n3 p255-65 May-Jun 1995
Identifies the relative learning priorities for older students based on a study of older adult students. Indicates that older adult learners participated in education primarily to remain intellectually engaged, and that they were more interested in intellectual stimulation than in learning professionally or vocationally relevant skills. (26 citations) (MAB)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Lifelong Learning, Nontraditional Students, Student Educational Objectives, Student Needs, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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