AARP Reports on Education and Lifelong Learning
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Going Back to School: A Bulletin Poll
A minority (16%) of the 50+ population is likely to return to school, according to this July-August 2009 poll, in spite of the economic recession and high unemployment. Those likely to return to school said they were looking to sharpen skills that might help them on the job. (13 pages)
September 17, 2009
By: Teresa A. Keenan, Ph.D., and Linda L. Barrett, Ph.D., AARP Knowledge Management | Source: AARP.org
2008 AARP Driver Safety Program Course Evaluation
Satisfaction with the AARP Driver Safety Program is very high among program participants, according to this December 2008 survey. Almost all participants (93%) changed at least one key driving behavior and a third of nonmembers said they would be more likely to join AARP because of the course. (20 pages)
December 31, 2008
By: Laura Skufca, AARP Knowledge Management
Summary of 2005 AARP Driver Safety Program Graduate Study
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)
May 31, 2006
By: Gail Kutner, AARP Knowledge Management
2005 Massachusetts AARP Driver Safety Program Graduates and Non-Graduates Study
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)
May 31, 2006
By: Gail Kutner, AARP Knowledge Management
2004 AARP Driver Safety Program Volunteer and Graduate Survey Report
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)
December 1, 2004
By: Gail Kutner, AARP Knowledge Management
Back to the Future: Baby Boomers Keeping the Faith in Public Education
How a nationally representative sample of 1,000 boomers, who graduated from – and have at least one child who attends or attended – a public high school, evaluate their own high school experiences at least 20 years ago and compare them with their present perceptions of how their children are faring in high school today. (12 pages)
January 28, 2005
By: Curt Davies, AARP Knowledge Management
Exodus: A Study of Teacher Retention in America
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)
September 1, 2003
By: Harris Interactive Inc.
AARP Survey on Lifelong Learning
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)
July 1, 2000
By: Harris Interactive Inc.
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