CHARACTERISTICS OF SENIOR CITIZENS’ EDUCATIONAL TUITION WAIVERS IN TWENTY?ONE STATES: A FOLLOW?UP STUDY
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Educational Gerontology
- Vol. 5 (2) , 139-149
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0360hyp800050203
Abstract
The extent to which senior adults have enrolled in postsecondary educational institutions through the provisions of tuition‐waiver programs is unknown. Many administrators describe the potential impact of the concept of tuition waivers for senior adults as limited, yet few state educational coordinating bodies have collected data to confirm or dispel such an opinion. This study reports the results of a survey of the 27 states identified by Long and Rossing (1979) as having statewide legislation or policies concerning tuition‐waiver programs. Responses were received from 21 states concerning community college programs. Based on the data provided, the following conclusions were drawn:Keywords
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- TUITION WAIVER PLANS FOR OLDER AMERICANS IN POSTSECONDARY PUBLIC EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSEducational Gerontology, 1979