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Blum, Debra E. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
The University of California at Los Angeles has established an association for professors emeriti, their spouses, and surviving spouses that provides a setting and structure for continued participation in university life, including benefits such as office space, parking, and other campus privileges and a forum for communicating with the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Higher Education, Peer Relationship
Blum, Debra E. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
A federal report predicts the end of mandatory retirement for professors will not clog the system with unproductive scholars and will only affect a few research universities. It also concludes that, if federal agencies help colleges prepare, Congress should not continue to exempt tenured professors from the law beyond 1993. (MSE)
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, College Faculty, Educational Trends, Higher Education
Blum, Debra E. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
The results of a study released in a book, "Prospects for Faculty in the Arts and Sciences: A Study of Factors Affecting Demand and Supply, 1987 to 2012" written by William G. Bowen and Julie Ann Sosa, are discussed. Institutions need to provide advice and counseling about careers in academe. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Recruitment, Futures (of Society), Graduate Study
