With the graying of the professoriate continuing and the massive number of baby boomers entering retirement age, universities and college administrations need to adequately prepare for retirement. This is beginning to cause some staffing shortages in the faculty pipeline as well as the loss of institutional history and professional knowledge.…

Presents data from a study of member institutions of the Association of American Universities to determine the extent to which early retirement is being used in the nation's higher education institutions. (Editor/PG)

The professional activities of retired academics from two universities in Great Britain were investigated and were compared with the findings of studies of retired academics from a major U.S. state university. A high degree of similarity was found between the two groups. (Author/MLW)

This publication reviews and analyzes the research on issues affecting faculty supply and demand in higher education and looks at how recent research can assess future trends. An introduction describes many researchers' prediction that three trends will soon create a faculty shortage: (1) increasing faculty retirements based on extensive hiring…

This report offers an analysis of college faculty supply and demand as well as an evaluation of currently available data on this issue. The report was undertaken in response to three concurrent trends which point to significant faculty shortages beginning in 1995. The report begins with a descriptive overview of current faculty demographics that…