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Employment of Academic Faculty after Reaching Retirement Age: An Asset or a Burden? -- Ariel University as a Case Study
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Erez Cohen; Nitza Davidovitch – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
This study centers on public policy concerning the retirement age in Israeli academia. The purpose of this study is to analyze the justification for the existing policy on this issue that allows academic institutions to end the employment of faculty when reaching the legal retirement age. The research method is based on analysis of the research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Retirement, Older Workers, Higher Education
Early Retirement is Inexpensive Solution for Age-Old Problem
Wilde, Edwin F. – College and University Business, 1974
Early retirement program at Beloit College solves an age-old problem: How to handle teaching ineffectiveness of older faculty members. (Editor)
Descriptors: Early Retirement, Employer Employee Relationship, Higher Education, Personnel Needs
Age and Teaching Performance.
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Kinney, Daniel P.; Smith, Sharon P. – Journal of Higher Education, 1992
A study examined the relationship between student evaluations of teaching effectiveness, age of faculty, and timing of retirement among tenured faculty. Results suggest a significant but small impact of age, varying by discipline. Uncapping of mandatory retirement appears to raise no major concerns for dramatic deterioration in teaching…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging in Academia, College Faculty, Higher Education
Strategies for Faculty Development.
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Hynes, William J. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1984
The successful Career Redirection Program of Regis College is described and placed in the context of a multiple-option faculty development program, with its accompanying theoretical rationale. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrators, Career Development, College Administration
State Teacher Policy Yearbook, 2009. Alabama
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National Council on Teacher Quality, 2009
This Alabama edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's (NCTQ's) 2009 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" is the third annual look at state policies impacting the teaching profession. It is hoped that this report will help focus attention on areas where state policymakers can make changes that will have a positive impact on teacher…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Education, Teacher Supply and Demand, Teacher Recruitment
Teacher Turnover and Teacher Quality.
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Grissmer, David; Kirby, Sheila Nataraj – Teachers College Record, 1997
Draws on recent data from surveys and research conducted by the U.S. Department of Education to sketch the outline of the approaching changes in the teacher labor market and to comment on the issue of teacher quality. Enduring teacher quality requires institutional reform in the teacher preparation and compensation system. (SM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Labor Turnover, Preservice Teacher Education
State Teacher Policy Yearbook, 2009. New York
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National Council on Teacher Quality, 2009
The New York edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's (NCTQ's) 2009 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" is the third annual look at state policies impacting the teaching profession. It is hoped that this report will help focus attention on areas where state policymakers can make changes that will have a positive impact on teacher…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Effectiveness, Yearbooks, State Standards