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Hodgkinson, Harold L. – Academe, 1983
Excerpts from a recent research report outline patterns of demographic and social change affecting higher education enrollment, staffing, and planning patterns in the near future. Among the findings are that: fewer students will have college preparation; industry, government, and other agencies are now and will be educating more adults than will…
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, College Planning, College Students
Atherton, Peter J. – 1978
The rapid expansion of Ontario's educational system in the 1960s serves as a base for this study of the current decline in enrollment and its consequences. This paper examines two results of the concentration of manpower in teaching: the need for reduction in force and the potential burden on the retirement system. The author makes several…
Descriptors: Age, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries

Academe, 1982
The American Association of University Professors' Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure reports on possible results on faculty salary structure, the tenure system, and retirement options of legislation uncapping the mandatory retirement age of college faculty. Considerations for institutions to make in adjusting personnel policies are…
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Federal Legislation, Higher Education
Reinhard, Raymond M. – 1981
The California State University and Colleges' (CSUC) Early Retirement Incentive (ERI) Program is described, and information is presented of those who retire during a three-month period with an incentive bonus of two additional years of (unearned) retirement service credit. During the eligibility period 1,047 CSUC employees retired, and it appears…
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Employee Attitudes
Flanagan, Thomas – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1984
There is a strong movement toward legal abolition of fixed-age retirement in Canada. Several factors justify the existing practice, but these arguments are unlikely to prevail, and institutions should consider administrative measures such as facilitation of early retirement, modified benefit plans, and more systematic faculty assessment throughout…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Age, Age Discrimination, College Faculty
St. John, Edward P.; Elliott, Loretta Glaze – 1979
Information on the age and tenure status of instructional and research employees in Missouri higher education institutions for 1978-79 is summarized, including employees who devoted at least 50 percent of their time to instruction, research, or a combination of the two activities. Information in three topical areas considered important to…
Descriptors: Age, Annual Reports, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Tickton, Sidney G.; And Others – 1982
Information is presented on activities that colleges and universities are undertaking to recruit and retain promising young faculty members. Educators were asked to nominate appropriate programs, and certificates of achievement and cash awards were made to 10 of the 115 universities and colleges submitting information. The efforts of the 115…
Descriptors: Age, Career Change, College Faculty, Employment Opportunities