Barriers to Age-Friendly Universities (AFU): Lessons from Osher Lifelong Learning Institute demographics and perceptions

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 221-243

  Hansen, R Jack ^a   Talmage, Craig A ^b   Thaxton, Steven P ^a   Knopf, Richard C ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

access to learning; lifelong learning programs; Older adults; third age learning

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; COLLEGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFELONG LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; STUDENT; AGE; AGING; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; HUMAN RELATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETIREMENT; SEX FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; RETIREMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 85060681709     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2019.1572003     Document Type: Article

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