This report synthesizes the discussions and the recommendations of a conference on lifelong learning held at Wingspread (Racine, Wisconsin) in November, 1980. Co-sponsored by the National Retired Teachers Association, the American Association of Retired Persons, the Commission on Education for Aging of the Adult Education Association/USA, the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, and the Population Resource Center, the conference focused on the needs of older adults to continue to learn in order to maintain their self-sufficiency. The report is divided into five sections. Section 1 distinguishes the difference between learning for self-enrichment and learning for self-sufficiency, and explains why the latter is so neccesary in our aging society. Sections 2-5 summarize the discussion of the broad issues of learning for economic sufficiency; learning for coping--practical life skills; learning for community contribution; and learning for life-span development (continued growth). Recommendations of the conference participants are given for each of these topics. A list of participants is appended. (KC)