The Osher Foundation has funded Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes (OLLI) at more than 100 colleges and universities across the country.  They are usually connected to the Continuing Education programs that offer non-credit courses; the OLLI programs provide courses for senior citizens over the age of 50.  They invite volunteers to propose courses that they would teach.   For the past three years, Carol Farquhar Nugent has presented a course of "The Power of Public Deliberation" thru the OLLI program at the University of Dayton each semester.  The class has been filled each time it has been offered and the level of participation has been excellent.  The classes meet for two hours each week for six weeks and each class considers a different NIF issue guide.

 

If you are at or near a university that has an OLLI program, we would invite you to propose and offer a "Public Deliberation" course.  It would be a great experience for you.  Send us a email (bmuse@nifi.org) and we will be available to provide additional information and advice.  Gregg Kaufman, NIFI Director, will be offering a course at the University of North Florida this fall and Kent Friel, an NIFI supporter, will continue to present a course at the University of Cincinnati."