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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
Mulanaphy, James M. – 1981
Retirement plans of older participants of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) were surveyed. Questionnaires were mailed to a random sample of 2,260 participants aged 59-69, and 1,438 returns served as the base for data analysis. This group was 62 percent male and 38 percent female; 48 percent…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), College Faculty, Decision Making, Economic Factors
Peer reviewedWeiler, William C. – Research in Higher Education, 1981
Coefficient estimates from a model of faculty retirement decision making are used to simulate the impact of financial incentives for early retirement. The results suggest that plans can be designed to induce relatively large numbers of faculty members to retire prior to the mandatory retirement age. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Decision Making Skills, Economic Factors, Higher Education
Download full textMichaelson, Martin; White, Lawrence – 1996
This paper reviews legal risks associated with staff layoffs at institutions of higher education and methods for managing those risks and describes planning steps designed to minimize institutional legal exposure. Legal risks include claims of breach of contract, discrimination, tortious conduct, and violation of labor laws, collective bargaining…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Dismissal (Personnel), Early Retirement, Economic Factors
Wharton, Clifton R., Jr. – AAHE Bulletin, 1987
The importance of appropriate compensation and employment security for college faculty is discussed, in light of the declining purchasing power and wages for teachers and the erosion of benefits and pension prospects. From 1970 to 1985, the national average faculty salary, adjusted for inflation, fell 15.1%. Regardless of personal commitments and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Economic Factors, Employment Practices, Higher Education
Work in America Inst., Scarsdale, NY. – 1980
A study was conducted to determine the role of the older worker in the American labor force, to analyze reasons behind the changing role of the older worker, and to make recommendations for employers, unions, and the government on age-neutral personnel policies responsive to the needs of an increasingly older work force. Data on the demographic,…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Demography, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns
