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Flygare, Thomas J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Implicit in Gault v. Garrison is the idea that forced retirement is unacceptable at any age. An unintended effect of the current forced retirement laws may be a rethinking of tenure laws in an attempt to make it possible to eliminate some older faculty members from our schools and colleges. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Higher Education