Webblack and female college graduates are more likely to complete college later in life; Webliterature has often portrayed the reasons for learning in older age as either intentional or as predetermined by socialisation. This emphasis on either agency or. Webthe notion that remaining active in later life holds various benefits for older persons has a long lineage in ageing studies. In the 1960s, activity theorists argued that. Webthe involvement of older‐age personality traits was the main way in which models of wellbeing differed from models of health; Early‐life variables predicted both. Webreaching a very old age in and by itself is not positive or negative, but it is success in the sense that one has achieved a very long life.