Centre for Policy on Ageing



Aging education in higher education — preparing for the 21st century
Author(s)	Trudy B Anderson
Journal title	Educational Gerontology, vol 25, no 6, September 1999
Pages	pp 571-580
Keywords	Ageing process ; Education ; University education ; United States of America.
Annotation	Employers will increasingly come to depend on colleges and universities to produce a trained workforce and the general public will request information about ageing processes and to age successfully. This article reviews the prevalence of formal gerontology courses in the US, and to determine their adequacy to meet six challenges in the 21st century: educating the general public; recruiting and training students; educating non-professionals and paraprofessionals; forging partnerships with employers; providing education for older people; and developing faculty expertise. Potential barriers to meeting these challenges are also discussed. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-991022214 A
Classmark	BG: V: V7M: 7T
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