Lifelong Learning: Why Lifelong Learning Helps You, and How to Find It

Lifelong learning keeps your mind and body engaged—at any age—by pursuing knowledge and experience. Learn the benefits of lifelong learning, and find out where to look for lifelong learning resources in your community.

A growing number of baby boomers and retirees are going back to college—not just to learn, but to live. Colleges and universities throughout the United States are teaming with real-estate developers to create campus-affiliated residential communities for baby boomers, retirees and other active seniors.

Learn about a talking book program that helps vision-impaired readers enjoy books and companionship through talking books and talking book clubs. Join the talking book program and expend your horizons.

The concept of lifelong learning is popular with boomers and seniors. How popular is lifelong learning? More than half of these survey respondents like the idea of retiring to a home on a college campus.

Interested in lifelong learning? Here's a database that will help you locate the schools, colleges, libraries and other lifelong learning resources that are closest to your home.

Lifelong learning is a worthy pursuit, whether you're going to improve your job skills, change jobs, or to attain that degree you gave up years ago. Deb Peterson, About.com Guide to Adult Ed, offers a few key questions to ask yourself before your lifelong learning pursuit takes you back to the classroom.

How being bilingual--fluent in two languages--can improve your brain by increasing brain power and improving brain health.

Leo Plass, an Oregon resident, set a world record by completing his college degree at age 99, a goal he was forced to abandon during the Great Depression.