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Ingersoll, Richard M. – NASSP Bulletin, 2002
Investigates the possibility that the organizational characteristics and conditions of schools are driving teacher turnover. Analysis of data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) indicates that the amount of turnover accounted for by retirement is relatively minor when compared with that associated with other factors such as…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Turnover, School Organization
Palmer, Bruce A. – Research Dialogues, 1993
This paper presents a method for higher education faculty and staff to assess pension plan objectives by determining a retirement income replacement ratio to maintain the salary-based preretirement standard of living. The paper describes the RETIRE Project which researches income replacement using the federal government's annual "Consumer…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Family Financial Resources, Financial Needs, Fringe Benefits
McKean, Robert C.; And Others – 1983
This study investigated several aspects of early retirement (prior to age 65) as reported by a selected group of Colorado educators from two large districts, one using the state system and the other its own local system of early retirement. Early retirees from these districts were surveyed by means of a three-part questionnaire: part 1 gathererd…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Early Retirement, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Practices
Clark, Robert L.; And Others – Research Dialogues, 1993
A study used data from the Employee Benefits Surveys conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to examine the influence of employer-provided retiree health insurance on retirement decisions. The analysis found that most coverage is similar to that of active workers but takes Medicare into consideration, and requires retiring workers to meet…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Consumer Economics, Decision Making, Faculty College Relationship
Berry, Barnett – 1985
A case study of teacher attrition in one southeastern metropolitan school system that employs approximately 4,000 teachers was undertaken to determine which teachers left, why, and where they went. Of the 210 teachers in the system who resigned during the 1983-84 academic year, 16 percent were K-6, 13 percent were special education/speech, 13…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, School Statistics
Kutner, Stephen I. – 1984
This seven-section report examines the pension-related behavior of older public employees, particularly California teachers. Section I introduces the benefit option situation. Section II surveys previous studies focusing on the relationship between Social Security wealth and the probability of retirement. Section III describes the California State…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Early Retirement, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education

Woods, Peter – Oxford Review of Education, 1994
Asserts that new government policies must be mediated and implemented through teachers. Maintains that research among some teachers reveals a number of creative adaptations to the English National Curriculum. Describes four aspects of this adaption and argues that they are all related to self-determination. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1991
A study was done to lay the foundation for a rigorous analysis and assessment of the functioning of the Canadian academic labor market and to begin to explore systematically the dynamic of faculty renewal and replacement. The study used data from Statistics Canada and investigated the functioning and prospects of the Canadian academic labor market…
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, College Faculty, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns
Bowen, Mack L. – 1990
This paper synthesizes issues and informational needs regarding the supply and demand for doctoral level personnel in special education and stresses the importance of obtaining accurate data on teacher supply and demand for planning training activities and analyzing manpower needs. Existing findings on teacher employment, teacher shortages,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Russell, 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
Taylor, Suzanne Saunders – 1986
This book describes the operation of state and local government pension systems for teachers, explores the rationale behind current administrative and financial practices, and describes the interaction of special interest groups, pension professionals, and investment personnel with the administration of these systems. The pension systems in 23…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Financial Services