EDUCATION Lifelong learning Lifelong learning is a passion in the Tucson area that is reflected in the adult education options for professionals and people who want to start in a new career, take special interest classes or participate in non-credit programs for older adults.
Tucson also has well-regarded public-school districts for K-12 throughout the region, as well as private and charter schools.
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA The University of Arizona, which has about 35,000 undergraduate students enrolled on its 392-acre campus in Tucson, provides an extensive array of programs for lifelong learners: á The office of Continuing and Professional
Education offers more than 50 non-credit learning experiences that can help someone advance a career, change careers or improve employee performance. People from across Arizona and the world participate in these programs, which teach everything from
food safety and environmental science to project management and Microsoft Excel. For example, the top programs in 2019 included certifications for human resources, Spanish-English translation and paralegal, as well as coding and data analytics boot camps.
á The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at
the University of Arizona is an affiliate of the University of Arizona through its office of Continuing and Professional Education. The institute offers non-credit programs for adults over the age of 50 on four campuses that cover Greater Tucson and Southern Arizona. More than 1,400 Southern Arizona residents participate in the institute, which has classes created and led by members. Classes—which are also called study groups—cover a variety of topics. For example, recent class topics have included reducing consumerism, trekking in the Himalaya, gene editing, botany and extremism in modern political philosophy.
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á The College of Social and Behavioral Studies
Community Classroom connects residents with University of Arizona professors and community scholars. Options include full courses along with university students as well as cultural immersion experiences.
á The College of Humanities offers Humanities
Seminars, which could include sessions on music, literature, history and culture.
á The Arizona Science Lecture Series covers
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a variety of topics at events open to the public.
á Eller Executive Education offers programs for
companies and individuals, and its custom executive programs are ranked among the top in the country and in the world. The goal of the program is to explore the latest science in leadership development, modern business management theory and learning design to help organizations improve how they manage, lead and innovate. ›
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