David Peritz News Today

A look at how people in retirement are making use of college classes. In his recent application to be a student speaker at Western Governors University’s commencement, David Lavers worked hard to showcase himself, and he used age as a selling point: “At 71, I am typically older than my cohorts and most of my instructors.” Lavers is part of a small-but-mighty group of retirees and near-retirees who believe that higher education — like youth — is wasted on the yo...