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DCI in the News

Ex Exs Go Back to University, November 25, 2024, Financial Times.

And Now for My Second Act, March 2024, Stanford Magazine.

The Rise of Mid-Life Transition Programs on College Campuses, January 29, 2024, Higher Ed Jobs.

“Back to School: Distinguished Careers Institute Brings Experience Professionals to Campus”, January 16, 2024, Stanford Daily.

Stanford’s Distinguished Careers Institute helps older adults figure out their next act, September 19, 2023, Local News Matters.

The New Old Age, August 25, 2023, The Atlantic.

April 18, 2023 – Stanford DCI Announces its 10th Cohort
April 5, 2023 – American Executives are Fleeing Retirement
March 13, 2023 – The Future of Work, Stanford DCI Colloquium, Spring 2023
April 27, 2022 – Richard Saller named new director of Stanford DCI
April 25, 2022 – Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute Announces 2022 Class
April 11, 2022 – From Stanford to the rabbinate: Phil Pizzo Moving On
March 10, 2021 – Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute Announces its’ Eighth Class
November 9, 2020 – Social Innovator Marc Freedman recognized by Stanford DCI with Life Journey Inspiration Award
September 2020 – Diverse Generations Produce Innovative Results
July 2020 – Transitions: Navigating Career Choices Throughout the Lifespan
July 2020 – Some Reassembly Required
May 11, 2020 – Stanford DCI Announces Its Seventh Class
January 2020 –Can helping older adults find their ‘next act’ pay off for colleges?
January 2020 –A Prescription for Longevity
March 2019 –How Merrill Lynch is Planning for its Customers to Live to 100
1/30/19 –Q&A: mother and daughter Yasmin Halima and Seema Yasmin|
1/25/19 – Distinguished Careers Institute sends accomplished professionals to Stanford classrooms
09/21/18 – Cardinal Moments: Stanford Longevity Collaborates with DCI
04/11/18 – The midlife doldrums are a social crisis. Now there’s momentum for some radical fixes.
04/05/18 – Refreshing Your Career to Gain New Opportunities
03/22/18 – Coming Soon: 2 New Encore Career Programs At Colleges
02/22/18 – Matching Workplaces to the Needs of Older Workers
12/28/17 –Stanford DCI Announces its 10th Cohort
April 5, 2023 – American Executives are Fleeing Retirement
March 13, 2023 – The Future of Work, Stanford DCI Colloquium, Spring 2023
April 27, 2022 – Richard Saller named new director of Stanford DCI
April 25, 2022 – Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute Announces 2022 Class
April 11, 2022 – From Stanford to the rabbinate: Phil Pizzo Moving On
March 10, 2021 – Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute Announces its’ Eighth Class
November 9, 2020 – Social Innovator Marc Freedman recognized by Stanford DCI with Life Journey Inspiration Award
September 2020 – Diverse Generations Produce Innovative Results
July 2020 – Transitions: Navigating Career Choices Throughout the Lifespan
July 2020 – Some Reassembly Required
May 11, 2020 – Stanford DCI Announces Its Seventh Class
January 2020 –Can helping older adults find their ‘next act’ pay off for colleges?
January 2020 –A Prescription for Longevity
March 2019 –How Merrill Lynch is Planning for its Customers to Live to 100
1/30/19 –Q&A: mother and daughter Yasmin Halima and Seema Yasmin|
1/25/19 – Distinguished Careers Institute sends accomplished professionals to Stanford classrooms
09/21/18 – Cardinal Moments: Stanford Longevity Collaborates with DCI
04/11/18 – The midlife doldrums are a social crisis. Now there’s momentum for some radical fixes.
04/05/18 – Refreshing Your Career to Gain New Opportunities
03/22/18 – Coming Soon: 2 New Encore Career Programs At Colleges
02/22/18 – Matching Workplaces to the Needs of Older Workers
12/28/17 –Baby Boomers Looking for Reinvention Try College – Again
10/24/17 – These People Are the Real Deal
10/16/17 – DCI Announces 4th Cohort
10/05/17 – Rethinking Life’s Journey
04/25/17 – Navigating Transitions
04/25/17 –On Transitions and Identity: A reflection by Stanford’s Philip Pizzo
03/23/17 – At Stanford, Older Professionals Get a Chance to Hit the Books Again
10/11/16 – Distinguished Careers Institute enters third year and new phase
09/12/16 – How Higher Education Can Aid Life Transitions
3/22/16 –The Art of Observation – and how it benefits clinicians and non-clinicians alike
3/11/16 – Quit Your Job
2/10/16 – Gap Year: Harvard And Stanford Help Boomers Find A Second Act With Purpose
2/09/16 – 3 Things You Need To Successfully Navigate Your Next Act 12/09/15 – My Year as at Stanford’s Institute for Mid-Lifers
11/20/15 – What Colleges Can Do for Americans at Midlife
10/28/15 – 2015 Influencers in Aging
9/11/15 – Charting new intellectual, personal pathways at Stanford
Sept. 2015 – A Distinguished Career: What I Learned From Going Back to School
7/29/15 – Is It Time To Abolish Mandatory Retirement?
4/05/15 – Over 50 and Back in College, Preparing for a New Career
6/03/15 – 6 Innovations To Enhance Our Longer Lives
2/19/15 – Colleges Are Failing America’s Midlife Population
02/13/15 – Obama wants to go to Stanford
02/10/15 – Distinguished Careers Institute helps leading professionals transition to new careers
02/09/15 – Stanford abre curso para alunos maduros, com mais de 50 anos
02/01/15 – Stanford pushes the envelope for higher ed on midlife career change
01/29/15 – College is not just for the young
01/09/2015 – How to Tap into Your Creativity to Build a Second Career
12/11/2014 – Time to Reflect and Recharge: The Gap Year for Adults
11/03/2014 – Encore U: It’s Never Too Late To Go To College
10/16/2014 – Stanford selects first cohort of Distinguished Careers Institute Fellows
10/15/2014 – How to Use Retirement as a Transition
10/13/2014 – The Case for Quitting Your Job
9/18/2014 –Dr. Phil Pizzo: Founder of Stanford University’s Distinguished Careers Institute
8/22/2014 –Universities Cater to a New Demographic: Boomers
July/August 2014 –Life, Part Two
6/28/2014 –Book Review: “The Upside of Aging”
6/24/2014 –Needed: A new narrative for higher education that could improve the life journey
6/17/2014 –Jere Brooks King: Redefining Retirement for Herself and Others
5/23/2014 –Stanford Is Looking For A Few Good Midlifers
5/07/2014 –3 Big Ideas For Successful Aging In America
4/03/2014 – Stanford Opens School For Retirees Who Don’t Think A Career Ends At 50
4/03/2014 – Stanford’s new school for aspiring retirees to mold satisfying second career
4/02/2014 – S tanford Distinguished Careers Institute to offer transformative experience