The findings suggest that older adults can enhance memory, maintain emotional well-being, and gain a renewed sense of purpose ...

The top-down approach to adult learning is proving cumbersome, costly, and confusing. Those are the key takeaways from an analysis by Harvard University’s Project on Workforce examining the federal ...

With evolving labour markets and longer-lived populations, lifelong learning is no longer a luxury but a necessity in developed nations. Governments worldwide are actively promoting reskilling and ...

Andragogy, a term initially coined by the German educator Alexander Kapp in 1833, was later popularized by American educator Malcolm Knowles. It signifies a shift in educational methods and practices, ...

Learning a new skill as an adult can be daunting, especially something as difficult as gymnastics. One adult gymnastics class shows there are serious benefits to adult learning. Some things are easier ...

Lifelong learning and education for older adults have emerged as pivotal elements in fostering active ageing, social inclusion and cognitive well‐being. As demographic shifts lead to an increasingly ...

Adult learning programs offer classes in nearly everything from English to career and personal enrichment classes. Here are just a few to get you started. Assabet Community Education offers classes in ...

Adult education classes offer a lifeline for Californians who want to get their high school diploma or GED, acquire training for a career, hone their English skills or study for their citizenship test ...

SOUTH BEND — When South Bend native Laquisha Jackson became pregnant in high school, she made the decision to pause her education. Now 41 years old, Jackson has founded her own catering company and ...

Ishpeming adult learning program, Beyond 26, is making education interactive. The class performed a reader’s theater for Saint John’s School’s preschoolers. Student Amber Carlisle says she’s excited ...

MARTHA HALLORAN IS 26 YEARS OLD, AND SHE’S BEEN PART OF THE NASHOBA LEARNING GROUP FOR MOST OF HER LIFE. WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO ON FRIDAYS AND ON TUESDAYS? WARREN CHILL. VOLUNTEERING. YOU GOT IT.

The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to learning a second language, and it comes with major benefits.