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Download full textEckhaus, Eyal; Davidovitch, Nitza – International Education Studies, 2020
This pioneering study examines the meaning of academic leadership in terms of the changing of the guard in academia. Research findings on seniority and experience and their association with leadership show that these have a considerable impact on management skills and on the ability of those with experience and seniority to influence the young…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Retirement, Age
Ni, Shawn; Podgursky, Michael; Wang, Xiqian – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2020
Many states enhanced benefits in teacher retirement plans during the 1990s. This paper examines the school staffing effects of one such enhancement in a major urban school district with mostly high poverty schools. Pension rule changes in 1999 for St. Louis public school teachers resulted in very large increases in pension wealth for active…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Teacher Retirement, Retirement Benefits
Davidovitch, Nitza; Eckhaus, Eyal – Higher Education Studies, 2020
This study is a pioneer study examining the significance of retirement in terms of lost investments and outcomes. Research findings on the output of academic faculty and on measures of excellence in higher education indicate that upon retirement the academic institution as an organization loses not only faculty who are still capable of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Retirement, Academic Rank (Professional)
Eckhaus, Eyal; Davidovitch, Nitza – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
This study is a pioneer study examining the effects of personal and occupational background variables on the attitude of faculty members to an obligatory retirement age in academia. Previous studies on performance measures of academic faculty in research, teaching, academic administration, and contribution to the community, testified to…
Descriptors: Teacher Retirement, College Faculty, Age, Tenure
Aldeman, Chad – Bellwether Education Partners, 2020
In response to financial pressures, the New York State Assembly has created new, less-generous retirement plans for teachers. Teachers and other education employees are enrolled in one of two plans, the Teachers' Retirement System of the City of New York (TRS) and the New York State Teachers' Retirement System (NYSTRS). How far have the benefits…
Descriptors: Teacher Employment Benefits, Retirement Benefits, Money Management, Teacher Salaries
Chapman, Anne – Public Policy Forum, 2017
This is the third in a series of reports on public school educators in the Milwaukee area. It provides an updated analysis to a previous report, "Help Wanted: An Analysis of the Teacher Pipeline in Metro Milwaukee." This report finds that teacher turnover in both metro Milwaukee and across the state has stabilized. However a higher…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Public School Teachers, Faculty Mobility, Labor Force
Direct linkShawa, Lester B.; Mgomezulu, Victor Y. – Africa Education Review, 2016
Utilising critical theory, we explored the causes of the conflict that arose between academic staff on fixed-term renewable contracts and university administrators at Mzuzu University in Malawi in order to draw lessons. We collected data using semi-structured, in-depth interviews and document analysis. Ten university employees were purposively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, College Administration, Administrators
