Learning isn’t confined to classrooms or deadlines — it’s a continuous, joyful pursuit that enriches our understanding of the world and ourselves.

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By: James Watts

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When most people imagine a PhD student, they picture someone in their late 20s or early 30s — ambitious, career-driven and eager to climb the academic ladder.

But there’s another kind of doctoral student becoming increasingly visible on campuses: older adults between the ages of 50 and 60. Far from being “too old” for advanced study, they often bring exactly the qualities that make for rich, meaningful scholarship.

I know this because I lived it. With grey in my beard and decades of life already behind me, I completed my doctorate in education at Concordia University, at 61. And I loved every minute of it.

Unlike younger students who often view their professors as distant authority figures, in my........

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