POINT OF VIEW

Why Colleges Should Welcome the Return of the Boomers

By HARRIS WOFFORD

Nine years ago, the American Association of Retired Persons officially shortened its name to its abbreviation, AARP. One big reason was that so many of its older members balked at the notion of a "retirement" that connoted time spent only on leisure activities, when so many of them were continuing to work...

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