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Palmer, Stacy E. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
Federal legislation effective in 1994 bars colleges and universities from forcing tenured faculty to retire at age 70. Reactions of unions and professional associations, a required study of the law's impact, and a related measure requiring institutions to continue contributions to pension plans of over-65 workers are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Federal Legislation, Higher Education
Mangan, Katherine S. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
Colleges are both concerned about the effects of lifting the mandatory faculty retirement lid and interested in retaining the services of valued faculty. As a result, many are offering retiring teachers perquisites such as office and laboratory space, secretarial services, and opportunities to teach and advise part-time. (MSE)
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Higher Education

Robinson, David Z. – Academe, 1984
Portions of a July 1983 document describing the origins and possible functions of a commission on college faculty retirement, to be funded by the Carnegie Commission, are presented. The commission's major tasks would be to reexamine the purposes and goals of a pension fund, review the current plans, and structure a plan for the future. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Age, Agency Role, College Faculty
Blackburn, John O.; Schiffman, Susan – 1980
The impact of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amendments of 1978 (ADEA) and possible options for adjusting to the impact were estimated for members institutions of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE). Questionnaire information was gathered on active, departed, and retired faculty from 27 individual COFHE institutions.…
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Employment Opportunities, Federal Legislation

Swan, Peter N. – Journal of College and University Law, 1992
Economic underpinnings of retirement incentives and case law leading to the Older Workers Benefits Protection Act (1986) are reviewed; implications for early retirement incentives for college faculty are considered. It is concluded that congressional intent is not to foreclose such incentives and that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act…
Descriptors: Age, Age Discrimination, College Administration, College Faculty
Institute for Research in Social Behavior, Berkeley, CA. – 1980
Retirement plans and concerns of tenured faculty 40 years old and older were evaluated in 1979. For the sample of 26 member institutions of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education, 1,193 faculty members returned usable questionnaires. The evaluation focused on the following: characteristics of the faculty respondents, current circumstances…
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Economic Factors, Educational Finance
Consortium on Financing Higher Education, Cambridge, MA. – 1981
Proceedings of a 1980 Brown University conference on faculty retirement are presented. Papers and authors are as follows: "A Review of Current Legal Status and National Policy Issues" (Laura C. Ford); "Mandatory Retirement Age Legislation for Tenured Faculty: The Policy Issues and Their Context" (W. Lee Hansen);…
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Contracts, Economic Climate
King, Francis P. – Research Dialogues, 1994
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…
Descriptors: Age, Age Discrimination, Aging in Academia, College Faculty
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