A preliminary investigation was done of the effect of the elimination of mandatory retirement of tenured faculty in higher education and the estimated costs of providing faculty benefits and inducements in a future without mandatory retirement. The study developed a classification system of possible benefit packages including the following: (1)…

This paper is part of a series of studies designed to ascertain what policies and practices, if any, are currently in effect regarding rights and privileges connected with retirement in higher education. This study sought information about the perquisites furnished to retired higher education faculty in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through a…

This report summarizes rights and privileges provided to faculty retirees and emeriti of research universities, and presents results from a questionnaire sent to American Association of Universities (AAU) institutions (46 of the 60 members responded) concerning their ranking in desirability of 48 privileges, services, opportunities, rights, and…