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Peer reviewedChronister, Jay L.; Truesdell, Thomas C. M. – Review of Higher Education, 1991
A survey of 56 colleges investigated how the institutions approach planning for staffing and the significance given such factors as abolition of mandatory retirement, tenure ratios, faculty retirements, faculty hiring and supply and demand, and related issues. Specific concerns emerged, and findings did not consistently bear out previous research.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, College Planning, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedBader, Jeanne E. – Academe, 1995
The report of the National Research Council's committee on mandatory retirement in higher education is summarized, and related issues are discussed briefly, including trends in faculty retirement age, factors in retirement decision making, faculty productivity and age, and implications for tenure. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Age Differences, Aging in Academia, College Faculty
Peer reviewedWoods, 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
