newsobserver.com projects - Perdue&#039;s dissertation - Comments http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/perdues_dissertation Comments for "Perdue's dissertation" en Perdue's dissertation http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/perdues_dissertation <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <img src="/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/bevperduehead_100.jpg" class="blog-icon" /> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p><a href="/dome/profiles/beverly_perdue">Beverly Perdue</a> got her Ph.D. for studying how seniors could do better in college.</p><p>Senior citizens, that is.</p><p>The lieutenant governor earned a doctorate in education administration from the <a href="http://www.ufl.edu/">University of Florida</a> in 1976. Her thesis was on the then-new field of &quot;educational gerontology.&quot;</p><p>The 249-page thesis focuses on training teachers to work with the elderly and offering new opportunities for seniors to study at a college level.</p><p>&quot;Education should be seen as a lifelong process,&quot; she wrote. &quot;Institutions of  higher education in Florida should provide some type of educational experience for adults of all ages, including the elderly.&quot;</p><p>For her study, Perdue sent a questionnaire to Florida&#39;s state universities and community colleges to see what they were doing for seniors. She determined they were not doing enough.<br /> </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/perdues_dissertation#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/perdues_dissertation#comment Beverly Perdue Education higher education senior citizens Under the Dome University of Florida Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:52:27 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 2866 at http://projects.newsobserver.com