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Title of Journal: Res High Educ

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Abbravation: Research in Higher Education

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Springer Netherlands

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10.1002/pssa.200925565

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1573-188X

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Preparing for the Silver Tsunami The Demand for H

Authors: Ty M Cruce Nicholas W Hillman
Publish Date: 2011/12/13
Volume: 53, Issue: 6, Pages: 593-613
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Over the next decade Baby Boomers will be reaching retirement age in large numbers and the US will be undergoing one of the most significant demographic shifts in its history This demographic shift has important implications for the role of higher education as a provider of lifelong learning and for the changing composition of postsecondary institutions Using data from the 2005 National Household Education Survey the results of this study informs the higher education community about this emerging student market segment as a way to help us better respond to older adults’ demand for formal learning in postsecondary institutionsThis manuscript is based upon work completed at Indiana University and supported by the Association for Institutional Research the National Center for Education Statistics the National Science Foundation and the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative under Association for Institutional Research Grant Number 09135

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