Resources: Lifelong Learning

The University of Delaware's Academy of Lifelong Learning is a membership organization that provides opportunities for adults 50 and over to learn, teach, and travel with their peers. Members plan and teach the Academy's wide variety of classes. Classes are held at Arsht Hall on the University's Wilmington Campus, 2700 Pennsylvania Avenue. Classes take place in the daytime, and there are no grades, exams, or prerequisites.

At the Academy of Lifelong Learning, instructors teach subjects they love to students who are there for the love of learning. Each semester over 200 courses are offered on topics including history, literature, religion, ten different languages, chorus, band, orchestra, recorder, social sciences, physical sciences, yoga, T'ai Chi, folk dance and painting.

Based on a learning cooperative model, the program is developed by members and utilizes their varied talents and wealth of experiences. More than 700 members volunteer in a variety of capacities. The Academy was founded in 1980.

Adult Plus+ is a lifelong learning program sponsored by the Jack F. Owens Campus of Delaware Technical and Community College. The program offers adults 50+ classes, special events and exciting travel adventure.

Elderhostel, Inc. is America's first and the world's largest educational travel organization for adults 55 and over. The organization provides 8,000 study trips a year in more than 90 countries.

GEM is a series of programs for adults 50+. Programs combine learning and community building with a healthy mental and physical focus. Subjects range from gizmos and gadgets to wellness matters to explorations of new ideas! Offered Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from October through June. GEM is sponsored by Jewish Family Services.

WHYY's Wider Horizons is an information and entertainment service for everyone looking forward to or living the second half of life — baby boomers planning a new career or retirement, active retirees, children of aging parents, the homebound, and everyone interested in living a satisfying life enhanced by intellectual stimulation, lifelong learning and a continuing connection to the things and places they love.