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About LLI
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Lifetime Learners Institute (LLI) is an independent
volunteer organization for people over 50 who want to
continue learning. Our members (about 700) come from all
over Fairfield County. LLI is managed by volunteers. Our course Facilitators
receive a small honorarium for their time, effort and
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We
are affiliated with Norwalk Community College, where our office
is located, and most of our
classes take place. More. |
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Affiliated
with the Elderhostel Institute Network (EIN), we are
among the largest of over 200 Institutes for Learning in
Retirement -- known now as Lifelong Learning Institutes
(LLIs). We are also affiliated with the
Connecticut ILR Core Group (CICG). |
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About
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The organizations now called Lifelong Learning
Institutes (LLIs) used to be called
Institutes for Learning in Retirement (ILRs).
The ILR movement began at New York's New School in
1962 and began to spread. By 1985, about 50 programs
were running, but without the benefits that a
central coordinating agency would bring.
That's when Elderhostel came in. Elderhostel saw the
ILR movement as logical extension of its educational
travel programs: a way to foster long-term learning
for older adults in their own communities. The ILR
movement viewed Elderhostel as the national
organization best equipped to lead the movement's
expansion. The Elderhostel Institute Network
(EIN) was formed to help groups organize.
In 1991, a group of adult learners at NCC contacted EIN
for help in forming the Lifetime Learners
Institute (LLI). More
history ... |
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In recent
years, EIN dropped the ILR name and began to call
its affiliates Lifelong Learning Institutes (LLIs).
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