As the population of traditional college students continues to dwindle due to numerous factors (demographics, politics, alternative learning opportunities, etc.), lifelong learning has become more than a slogan for tertiary-level institutions that struggle to maintain viable cohorts of learners for the range of disciplines they house. A Google Scholar search for “lifelong learning” produces almost a million results, pulled from such publications as the International Journal of Lifelong Education, the Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, and Adult Education Quarterly.
Leading with Compassion in the Face of Grief
Content warning: This article contains mentions of bereavement experiences, including loss of a parent.
When my mother passed away unexpectedly at the age of 67 this February, I could