Full text of correspondence: President Van Alstyne of American Association of University Professors (AAUP) to the Secretary of Labor in support of equal monthly retirement benefits for men and women faculty and resulting correspondence between Van Alstyne and the Chairman of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association--College Retirement…

Almost thirty years ago, Justice William Brennan saw clearly that American higher education was coming under the same pressures to "cut costs and increase efficiencies" to which market forces were subjecting businesses. Since Justice Brennan's observation, employers generally have sought to maximize their "flexibility' by creating a…

After examining the "Manhart" and "Gilbert" cases, argues that unisex mortality tables delineated by job classification will be more accurate and place less of an unequal burden on either sex than tables not linked to such classifications. (IRT)