September University: Summoning Passion for an Unfinished Life

September University: Summoning Passion for an Unfinished Life

by Charles D. Hayes
September University: Summoning Passion for an Unfinished Life

September University: Summoning Passion for an Unfinished Life

by Charles D. Hayes

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Overview

In 2029, the last of the baby-boom generation will turn 65. Numbering in the tens of millions, this age group clearly has the demographic muscle to renovate society. The movement is barely underway, but the dynamics of aging suggest profound social changes ahead: the search for meaning will intensify, the psychological effects of death and dying will be reexamined, the concept of legacy will be transformed, and the subject of economic justice will be reexamined.
September University as an idea is a metaphor for intellectual maturity. It represents an ambitious quest on behalf of posterity. September University, the book, is a call to action, a social forecast, and above all a passionate pronouncement that a bright future depends upon the experiential wisdom of aging citizens. The exploration within its pages has the potential to alter worldviews, heighten aspirations, and elicit reflections about each person s legacy. Readers have the opportunity to discover new ways to find meaning in the last few chapters of their lives.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940013524347
Publisher: Autodidactic Press
Publication date: 11/18/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 312
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Charles D. Hayes is a self-taught philosopher and one of America s strongest advocates for lifelong learning. He spent his youth in Texas and served as a U.S. Marine and as a police officer before embarking on a career in the oil industry. Alaska has been his home for more than 30 years.
Hayes book Beyond the American Dream: Lifelong Learning and the Search for Meaning in a Postmodern World received recognition by the American Library Association's CHOICE Magazine as one of the most outstanding academic books of the year. His other titles include Existential Aspirations: Reflections of a Self-Taught Philosopher, The Rapture of Maturity: A Legacy of Lifelong Learning, Training Yourself: The 21st Century Credential; Proving You re Qualified: Strategies for Competent People without College Degrees; and Self-University: The Price of Tuition is Desire. Your Degree is a Better Life . His first fiction work is Portals in a Northern Sky.
Promoting the idea that education should be thought of not as something you get but as something you take, Hayes work has been featured in USA Today, in the UTNE Reader, and on National Public Radio s Talk of the Nation and Alaska Public Radio s Talk of Alaska. His web site, provides resources for self-directed learners from advice about credentials to philosophy about the value that lifelong learning brings to everyday living.
A new web site, is devoted to getting a September University movement underway all across America. Visitors are urged to spread the word and encourage others to start their own Sept-U discussion groups. All participants are invited to explore ways to positively approach the cultural obstacles we face through a continual dialog and a tireless quest for the better argument.
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