The proportion of older faculty is increasing nationwide. This book offers guidance not only for dealing with the elimination of mandatory retirement in higher education but also for current retirement-related issues facing all colleges and universities.


Ending Mandatory Retirement addresses such questions as: Do the special circumstances of higher education warrant the continuation of mandatory retirement? How would an increase in the number of older faculty affect individual colleges and universities and their faculty members? Where there are undesirable effects, what could be done to minimize them?


The book contains analyses of early retirement programs, faculty performance evaluation practices, pension and benefit policies, tenure policies, and faculty ages and retirement patterns.

Table of Contents


FRONT MATTER
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 INTRODUCTION: FACULTY RETIREMENT AND AGE DISCRIMINATION
2 EFFECTS OF UNCAPPING ON FACULTY RETIREMENT
3 FACULTY PERFORMANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY
4 PENSIONS, RETIREMENT PROGRAMS, AND COSTS
5 RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDIX A: DESCRIPTION OF STUDY METHODS
APPENDIX B: DISCUSSION OF NATIONAL FACULTY DATA BASES
APPENDIX C: CHARACTERISTICS OF INSTITUTIONS AND FACULTY
APPENDIX D: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF
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