A study was conducted to assess the implications of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) amendments of 1978 that raises the mandatory retirement age for faculty. Tenured employees of colleges and universities may be retired between the ages of 65 and 70 until July 1, 1982, at which time the age 70 minimum retirement goes into effect.…

This paper traces the development of two 1978 acts--the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amendment--and identifies some adverse effects that each can be expected to have on the work force in school districts. Besides providing new protection to two classes of workers (the pregnant and the 45-and-over), the…

Until the beginning of 1994, federal law permitted mandatory retirement of tenured faculty at age 70. The Committee on Mandatory Retirement in Higher Education, formed by the National Research Council, was charged by Congress to examine potential effects on colleges, universities, and faculty members of ending the exemption for tenured faculty…

This first report covering faculty characteristics in the annual series published by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education is based on data gathered through the Arkansas Higher Educational Information System. Faculty salary data are derived from federal survey information. Data are presented on tables and some graphs with some narration.…