Important Dates for Summer 2024
ALIR Summer term will consist of three 3-week sessions; there are no in-person classes on Fridays as the NEISD building is closed.
Monday, May 6 Summer catalog released, and online fee payment opens
Monday, May 13 Online Registration opens for summer classes
Wednesday, May 29 Instructors’ Meeting; Orientation for new students
Monday, June 3 First day of summer classes (9-week, A, and 1st 6-week classes)
Monday, June 24 2nd 3-week classes begin (B, 2nd 6-week classes)
July 1 – July 5 NO CLASSES, Fourth of July break
Monday, July 22 3rd 3-week classes begin (C) Friday,
August 9 End of summer term
About
Academy of Learning in Retirement
The Academy of Learning in Retirement (ALIR) began in 1989 as an extension of the University of Texas at San Antonio, with a founding vision of an all-volunteer learning academy offering a variety of intellectually stimulating classes to an over-50 crowd. Growth and space considerations necessitated a move from ALIR’s initial home at the Institute of Texan Cultures; happily, the North East Independent School District (NEISD) welcomed ALIR to its Community Education Department in the spring of 2006. In 2020, as a 501(c)(3) corporation, ALIR had a student body of more than 650 senior San Antonians when the COVID-19 pandemic challenged it to begin offering courses online. Although now fully back to a curriculum of in-person classes, ALIR continues to offer Zoom-based, online classes to those who are limited in mobility as well as those who prefer online learning.
Mission Statement
Through volunteerism, the Academy of Learning in Retirement (ALIR), believing in lifelong learning, recognizes and utilizes its members’ wealth of experience and abilities to achieve educational stimulation in the arts, history, literature, languages, and sciences.
