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Peer reviewedWeiler, William C. – Economics of Education Review, 1987
Discusses issues related to current and future modifications of faculty retirement plans, including unisex pension benefits, TIAA-CREF management, payout options, early retirement incentives, and the legality of mandatory retirement requirements. With CREF assets increasing, faculty retention, not early retirement, may become a primary issue.…
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, College Faculty, Early Retirement, Educational Economics
Bertelsen, Katherine Huggins – 1983
Successful phased retirement plans enable senior faculty to ease into retirement, relieve financial pressures on participating institutions, and permit upward mobility for junior faculty. Responses from 62 of the 72 land-grant institutions in the United States and Puerto Rico reveal that 11 had implemented plans that enable individuals between a…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cost Effectiveness, Criteria, Early Retirement
Download full textRussell, Susan H.; And Others – 1991
This report provides statistical information on faculty in colleges and universities collected through a national survey conducted in 1987-88 by the National Center for Education Statistics. The data were collected from institutional academic officers, department chairpersons, and faculty members. This report focuses on five topics around which…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Integration
