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)

College administrators are beginning to think about the impact on institutional personnel management, and perhaps the whole tenure system, of the 1994 implementation of a federal law ending mandatory faculty retirement at 70. (MSE)

The American Association of University Professors has recommended that administrators not tamper with the tenure system in an effort to keep people from working indefinitely after the mandatory retirement age is removed in 1994. (MLW)

Many college administrators feel that they need to start planning for the possibility that some faculty members may decide to work longer when the retirement age is lifted. They are concerned that a study by the National Academy of Sciences has stalled. (MLW)

The annual report of the American Association of University Professors' Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure outlines the committee's recommendations and actions taken concerning institutions' compliance with association standards, including censure, removal of censure, and clarification of policies and standards concerning institutional…