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Lifelong education Baby boomers were at one time the most highly educated demographic in history. “Nearly a third have a bach- elor’s degree or higher,” says Andrew Carle, executive-in-residence and founding director of the Program in Senior Housing Administration at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Acknowledging this, Figueroa points to an active interest in lectures
and discussion groups conducted by well-known professors either on-site or via Skype or other technologies. (See “Go Back to School for Free Through MOOCs” at www.moaa.org/ moocs.) One multistate community provider, based in Arizona, actually off ers its own curriculum catalog with courses ranging from culinary arts to scrimshaw. For retirees who love the multigen-
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erational atmosphere and intellectual stimulation of a university, Carle notes the emergence at many colleges of what he calls “university-based retire- ment communities.” Over 100 such communities now exist, and Carle ex- pects many more in the next 20 years.
Youthful atmosphere Figueroa says contemporary commu- nities “address every detail to appeal to those who detest nursing homes.”
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