Grandma's cramming: campus retirement communities let seniors act like freshmen again. (Update).A trend in retirement communites is giving new meaning to the term "lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. ." That's because a growing number of universities have created retirement communities on or near campus, where residents also have access to university facilities, can take classes, and participate in research projects. Indiana University Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. paved the way with its Meadowood retirement community in the '80s, but at least a dozen others, including Penn State, Duke, Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame , Stanford and the University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. , have launched their own efforts in recent years. According to Modern Maturity magazine, at least 37 more schools plan feasibility studies for their own communities. Many communities require "entrance fees" of at least $100,000, as well as monthly maintenance charges. A list of active retirement communities affiliated with college campuses is online at www.modernmaturity.org. |
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