开办老年大学的目的是什么?老年大学的社会价值到底体现在什么地方?这是老年教育界时常谈论的一个话题。这个问题关系到老年大学的办学方向、功能定位,以及对老年大学的整体评价等。笔者根据在老年大学从事老年教育工作的实践,通过学习党和政府对老年教育的一系列方针政策,深刻认识到,老年大学应该始终坚持以提高老年群体的综合素质,培养新时代的健康老人 What is the purpose of setting up an older university? What is the social value of an older university? This is a topic that the older education circles often talk about. This issue is related to the direction of senior university education, functional orientation, as well as the overall evaluation of older universities. Based on the practice of education for the elderly in the elderly colleges and universities, through learning a series of guidelines and policies on the education of the elderly by the party and the government, the author deeply realized that the elderly university should always adhere to improve the overall quality of the elderly and cultivate the healthy elderly in the new era