Beautiful Locations and Comfortable Facilities

For over 30 years, Eckerd College has been offering high quality Road Scholar programs in a variety of settings across the state. All accommodations are in a motel, hotel or golf club housing.

• St. Petersburg - on our waterfront campus. Reside in our adult motel-style Continuing Education Center. The best of all worlds - a stimulating college environment and comfortable living arrangements.
• St. Augustine
• Boca Raton
• Ft. Myers
• Tampa
• Sarasota

Exciting Programs

A wide variety of Road Scholar experiences are offered each year. You can study:

• Law and Order: The Drama of the Criminal Justice System
• St. Augustine: 450 Years of History Comes Alive!
• China, France, Greece and Italy (separate programs)
• Baseball and Spring Training
• Intergenerational Programs
• Exploring the Cities of Tampa Bay
• Take This Program, Please! Humor and Comedy American Style
• The American Foreign Service: Representing America Abroad
• American Musical Theatre
• American Pop Music and Culture
• Florida Golf Odyssey
• Sailing
• and many, many more

Featured Program

Yankees or Red Sox and the Rays: Inside Baseball at the Trop
Program # 19745-061211 & 19745-092511
Dates - June 12-17, 2011 & September 25-30, 2011
Space is limited. Register today. 

Yankees or Red Sox and the Rays: Inside Baseball at the Trop
Attention Yankees, Red Sox, and Rays fans! Enjoy baseball at its best and choose from two separate programs: either a week with the Ray/Yankees or the Rays/Red Sox. Meet pro baseball experts including coaches, sportswriters/sportscasters, staff, and players (if available). Get behind-the-scenes perspectives as special guests of the Tampa Bay organization and explore the climate controlled domed stadium, from the dugout to the press box and the Ted Williams Museum. Whether you root for the Red Sox Nation, the Yankee Empire, or the Rays Republic, enhance your understanding and love of the sport and enjoy a three series games in the "big show." Learn more.

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Eckerd College

The Bernard Osher Foundation of San Francisco has selected over 70 innovative colleges and universities from across the U.S. to be Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes. Each program has the common thread of providing intellectually stimulating, non-credit learning opportunities for adults age 50 and better. Learn more.

OLLI at Eckerd College offers classes, trips, interest groups and programs that are an experience in active thought – the hallmark of Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes.