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Scenario

How Older Students Navigate Age-Based Isolation in College

I am sixty-two and went back to school after my divorce and my classmates are younger than my children and I feel invisible and irrelevant most days.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Re-entering educational environments at different life stages can trigger profound questions about belonging and the relationship between age and learning.

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Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Formal education systems globally?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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