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Peer reviewedGordon, David E.; Spuehler, Donald R. – Journal of College and University Law, 1991
The Tax Reform Act of 1986 and subsequent legislation have radically altered the rules needed to maintain favorable tax status of tax-sheltered annuity plans for college employees. Application of the new rules is complex. Critical questions facing institutions and organizations are answered, and potential liabilities facing educational employers…
Descriptors: College Administration, Compliance (Legal), Federal Legislation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSwan, Peter N. – Journal of College and University Law, 1992
Economic underpinnings of retirement incentives and case law leading to the Older Workers Benefits Protection Act (1986) are reviewed; implications for early retirement incentives for college faculty are considered. It is concluded that congressional intent is not to foreclose such incentives and that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act…
Descriptors: Age, Age Discrimination, College Administration, College Faculty
Morrell, Louis R. – Business Officer, 1993
The uncapping of college faculty retirement age in 1994 has implications for tenure, retirement programs, and potential for age discrimination litigation. Institutions should carefully examine the probable impact of the change on the quality of their academic programs and financial situation and develop contingency plans as early as possible. (MSE)
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, College Administration, College Planning, Early Retirement
Download full textHammond, P. Brett, Ed.; Morgan, Harriet P., Ed. – 1991
This report discusses whether the special circumstances of tenured faculty in higher education justify a continued exception to the national policy prohibiting age discrimination in employment, and examines a number of practical steps that are available or could be made available to address the problems raised by the elimination of mandatory…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging in Academia, College Faculty, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedSchoenfeld, Clay – CUPA Journal, 1993
Changes in retirement patterns at colleges and universities can be expected because of demographic reasons and because of federal and state legislation uncapping mandatory retirement. Institutional policies that will encourage reluctant older faculty to retire need to address the three fundamental components of successful employee retirement: (1)…
Descriptors: Administrators, Age Discrimination, Aging in Academia, College Administration
Peer reviewedJones, Robert F. – Academic Medicine, 1991
The history of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1986 is reviewed, and planning/management issues for medical colleges facing the end of mandatory age-based faculty retirement are examined. Early planning to improve faculty evaluation and development, clarify financial guarantees of tenure, review space utilization, and make retirement…
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, College Administration, College Planning, Faculty College Relationship
