According to Mary Andom's "Chronicle of Higher Education," classrooms are a tough environment for baby-boomers. While you could expect mom and pap or grandma and grandpa to be focusing in retirement and leisure, a lot of them are actually pursuing advanced degrees, or simply undergrad school.
However, many barriers stand in the way of their college-level learning, the report by the American Council of Education asserts.
The report found that three percent of all part-time and full-time undergraduate students were 50 or older. And that's perhaps the problem, they are a minority.
Many older adults do not pursue higher education because of demographic barriers, with some instructors' negative perceptions of aging. Lack of money or transportation plays, also, a part.
Older adults from low-income backgrounds without postsecondary education are less likely to seek higher education, while those with more education early in life can adapt to the system, afford the cost, and most likely succeed.
Apparently colleges will have to develop (the sooner the better) new learning options for the ever-growing demand of high quality education for adults.
The report, "Framing New Terrain: Older Adults and Higher Education," is the first to be issued by the council's research project, "Reinvesting in the Third Age: Older Adults and Higher Education." The project is financed by MetLife Foundation.
En su libro “Crónicas de Educación Superior”, Mary Andom dice que los alones de clase son un ambiente difícil para los baby boomers.
Mientras que se podría esperar que tus padres o tus abuelos estuvieran enfocándose a disfrutar su jubilación, muchos de ellos están de hecho tratando de conseguir un mayor nivel educativo.
Sin embargo muchas barreras se interponen para lograr sus metas de acuerdo con La Asociación de Educadores Americana.
El estudio encontró que el tres por ciento de todos los estudiantes de licenciatura o maestrías tienen 50 años o mas, y quizás ese es el problema que son minoría.
Muchos estudiantes adultos no tratan de seguir su educación por barreras demográficas, porque algunos maestros tienen percepciones negativas respecto a la edad. Falta de dinero y medios de transporte también influyen.
Estudiantes con pocos ingresos económicos sin educación superior son los que menos buscan continuar sus estudios, mientras que aquellos con mas educación a una edad temprana pueden adaptarse al sistema, pagar el costo y mas probablemente triunfar.
The report, "Framing New Terrain: Older Adults and Higher Education," is the first to be issued by the council's research project, "Reinvesting in the Third Age: Older Adults and Higher Education." The project is financed by MetLife Foundation.
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