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2005 Massachusetts AARP Driver Safety Program Graduates and Non-Graduates Study  / Research Report
May 2006— The differences between AARP members in Massachusetts who have taken an AARP Driver Safety Program course and those who haven’t are explored in this 2005 joint AARP/Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab mail survey of 1,151 AARP members of whom almost half had taken the AARP DSP course and over half had not. (29 pages)

Summary of 2005 AARP Driver Safety Program Graduate Study  / Research Report
May 2006— The impact of the AARP Driver Safety Program upon its graduates’ driving habits and changes they made because of what they learned is examined in this May 2005 mail survey of a random sample of 3,512 men and women who had taken the AARP DSP classroom course. (12 pages)

The Home Depot and AARP Launch Nationwide Workshops  / News Release
September 2005— The Home Depot®, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, today announced a new series of three workshops designed to address the specific needs and interests of an aging population.

The Voices Of Civil Rights Bus Tour Named Best Event Web Site In The Ninth Annual Webby Awards  / News Release
May 2005— AARP’s Voices of Civil Rights Bus Tour wins a Webby award.

2004 AARP Driver Safety Program Volunteer and Graduate Survey Report  / Research Report
December 2004— AARP MEMBER OPINION RESEARCH: Evaluation of the AARP Drivers Safety program (DSP) courses and training materials and impact on recent graduates’ driving behavior. The AARP DSP is the nation’s first and largest classroom refresher course for age 50+ drivers. (64 pages)

Features in NRTA Live & Learn  / News Release
August 2004— NRTA Live & Learn serves working and retired educators as well as those interested in lifelong learning.

Adequate Literacy and Health Literacy: Prerequisites for Informed Health Care Decision Making  / Research Report
June 2004— Inadequate health literacy skills can seriously impair a consumers’ ability to deal effectively with the health care system. Strategies to address this prevalent but often unrecognized public policy issue are discussed in this AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Brief by Joyce Dubow. (11 pages) (Publication ID: IB70)

AARP's Educator Community Issues "Exodus: A Study of Teacher Retention in America"  / News Release
September 2003— AARP’s Educator Community releases new Teacher Retention study tracking the views and opinions of current and former K-12 teachers, offering key insights into why a teacher stays or leaves the profession during the crucial first five years of employment.

Exodus: A Study of Teacher Retention in America  / Research Report
September 2003— Findings from a qualitative study of the views and opinions of current and former K-12 teachers which was undertaken in order to better understand the dynamics surrounding whether teachers stay in or leave the teaching profession. (27 pages)

Great Teachers Don't Retire... They Go and Build Another School  / News Release
August 2003— Great teachers don't retire... they go and build another school.

AARP Survey on Lifelong Learning  / Research Report
July 2000— Results from the first national survey of its kind of how age 50+ Americans prefer to learn, what they’re interested in studying, their motivations for learning, and the life events influencing their choices. (146 pages)

FYI: Medicare Payments for Medical Education  / Research Report
August 1998— This AARP Public Policy Institute FYI by Craig Caplan, provides a concise overview of Medicare payments for graduate medical education. Topics include the distinction between direct and indirect graduate medical education payments; why and how Medicare makes these payments; the magnitude of these payments; some criticisms of the current payment system; and related Balanced Budget Act changes. (2 pages) (Publication ID: FYI)