Pathways to Happiness for Lifelong Learning presents policies and cultural changes needed to adopt them for greater satisfaction for all in lifelong learning. They are part of a set of tools available at http://www.happycounts.org/happy-community-toolkit.html

1. Pathways to Happiness
for lifelong learning

2. Pathways to Happiness are ways
to strengthen our satisfaction with
our access to lifelong learning

3. Communities
scores for
satisfaction
with lifelong
learning, arts
& culture are
in the range
of indifferent
100= happiest

4. Our scores for
dipped in 2014 and
then increased but
reflect overall
indifference and
dissatisfaction for
access to lifelong
learning
opportunities
a score below 40 means we are dissatisfied, below 60 means we feel indifferently

5. Policies
Courageous

6. 100% adult literacy goal for a city or region
Easy and free access to literacy learning
Online & in-person cohort based programs
Training for volunteer coaches and consultants where no volunteers
Multiple platform (social media & in-person) programs
Multiple channel outreach
GED, college enrollment & career counseling & placement

7. Resources for adult literacy programs
Literacy Information: National Assessment of Adult Literacy – three types of literacy
https://nces.ed.gov/naal/literacytypes.asp
Report: Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Options for Practice & Research
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/Adult_Literacy/ or
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Students-and-Families-Great-Schools/Educational-
Programming/Adult-Education-Standards/Improving-Adult-Literacy-Instruction-Research-report.pdf
Example City Literacy program: City of Philadelphia Office of Adult Education
http://philaliteracy.org/

8. Lifelong learning
Expert and peer-lead learning opportunities for all age adults
Professional skills, life skills and leisure activities
Enhance human capital, cultural capital and sense of autonomy
Affordable access to formal & informal learning, online & in person

9. Resources for lifelong learning
Intelligences we develop over our life (different ways we learn throughout our entire life)
from Ken Wilber
Intellectual
Strategic
Moral
Emotional
Interpersonal
Social
Kinesthetic
Musical
Spiritual
Linguistic
Logical
Naturalistic

10. Resources for Lifelong Learning Programs
Scholarly articles:
What’s the Point of Learning if Learning Has No Point? On the Democratic
Deficit of Politics of Lifelong Learning: http://eer.sagepub.com/content/5/3-4/169.full.pdf+html
Quebec Lifelong Learning: http://www.lifelonglearningquebec.org/
Benefits of Lifelong Learning http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812019751
Examples City lifelong learning programs:
Bloomington Lifelong Learning Coalition https://bloomington.in.gov/bllc

11. Tuition Free (or very low cost) College
Invest in happiness, wellbeing & prosperity of our workforce
Bring the US on par with other developed countries
A real avenue to social justice and equal opportunity

12. Resources for Tuition Free College
Demos Affordable College Compact: http://www.demos.org/publication/affordable-college-compact
Campaign for Free College Tuition: http://www.freecollegenow.org/
Example free tuition program: Tennessee Promise Program:
http://tennesseepromise.gov/about.shtml

13. What’s it
going to
take?

14. Students graduate debt free with work experience
Paid apprentices and internships a significant part of
higher education
Work + College
Similar to AmeriCorps, with college taking 2 years longer for a 4 year college; and
continuing with graduate school

15. Unemployment benefits include technical training and job placement
Unemployed (long term and short term) provided access to technical training
Technical training for unemployed
Counts for unemployed workforce include long term unemployed

16. We envision a world where all beings can thrive.
Can you envision it too?
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