The ILR concept is just such an invention. Older adults care about education, they are intense and self-motivated learners, and they define their own educational experiences and enthusiasims. RISE fosters and captializes on these strengths, empowering older people to continue learning, expand their horizons, and enhance their personal development.

Growing older in North America today is characterized by rapid change. Stereotypes are being discarded, negative images are in transformation, and older people are seizing control of their own destinies. New social inventions are now the expected, not the exception.

Rivier College's Rise, Rivier Institute for Senior Education, is part of the growing Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) movement in the United States and Canada. There are more than 250 such organizations of retirement-age learners dedicated to meeting the educational interests of their memebers. The movement is opening campuses across the continent to the experience and vitality of the mature person.

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