Educational opportunities for older adults in the United States

The report Towards Active Ageing for All of the PASCAL and PIMA SIG on Learning in Later Life has circulated widely across a number of countries and stimulated further exchanges on learning in later life. One of the countries not covered by the SIG report is America, where a rich variety of approaches to learning in later life exist.

The paper featured below and attached by Sandra von Doetinchem, the acting chair of the LEARN Council of the American Society on Ageing (ASA) provides an overview of the rich variety of educational opportunities for older adults in the United States. This paper provides a valuable addition to the approaches described in the SIG report, and suggests further ways in which learning in later life can be supported. These insights add to those of the SIG report which should seen as a living document.