First Senior Citizens University in Turkey-Empirical Findings on the Personal Benefits of the Programmes From the Participants' Perspective

Abstract

The article reports on the evaluation of the programmes offered by the "60+Tazelenme universitesi" (University of Antalya's Senior Citizens' University) from the users' perspective. 174 users (from a population of 6000 people) evaluated in a differentiated according to 18 characteristics their expectations of the programme before enrolling in the four-semester study programme and the personal benefits of the programme after completing it. The results show a highly differentiated picture of the benefits realized with regard to areas of competence and quality of life. The empirical study is placed in the broader context of geragogics and universities of the third age.