We Can Do This Thing Together: Well-being, Meaning, and Intergenerational Learning among Florida College System Students

• In Event: Patterns of Student Engagement and Learning in Community Colleges

Abstract

This single case study examines how intergenerational learning in the Florida College System contributed to well-being and life meaning among students of different ages. The data for this study included 166 semi-structured focus groups with 375 students collected during site visits to 21 state colleges over a five-year period.

Authors

• Rebecca Brower, Florida State University

• Hollie Daniels, Florida State University

• Pei Hu, Florida State University

• Tamara Bertrand Jones, Florida State University

• Shouping Hu, Florida State University