Teachers need to be involved in making decisions about how their retirement money is being managed by their retirement system. (MM)

The tension at the heart of pension politics is the incentive to address today's claimants and focus on the here-and-now at the expense of long-term concerns and more dispersed constituencies. In the private sector, rules and regulations seek to tame corner-cutting and short-sighted behavior. In the public sector, the primary safeguard is the…

This paper examines the pattern of incentives for work versus retirement in five state teacher pension systems. We do this by examining the annual accrual of pension wealth from an additional year of work over a teacher's career. Accrual of wealth is highly nonlinear and heavily loaded at arbitrary years that would normally be considered…

For those who accept retirement as we now know it in America, the system awaits with all its entrapments. For those who are against retirement, there are many attractive alternatives worth the struggle of swimming upstream. (Author)

Discusses aspects of teacher retirement and the effects of H. R. 5383, the bill raising the mandatory retirement age. (SB)

Several recent studies have shown that a large-scale turnover is likely to occur among community college instructors over the next several years, as veteran faculty retire in large numbers. As colleges begin to experience this mass retirement, researchers and administrators must consider the side effects of a faculty turnover, especially in…

Trustees and administrators today confront one of two problems with post-retirement medical care. First, if institutions provide no support for their retirees' medical care, they implicitly offer a powerful incentive for senior faculty to stay on. The compensation and opportunity costs of this effect are obviously very high. But, second, if they…

This document was developed to help school administrators plan procedures to assist district staff prepare for retirement. A district is not required to offer the services suggested in these pages. Furthermore, this document is not intended for and should not be used as a handbook or guide to be given to district employees. However, a district may…

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states are experiencing teacher shortages in certain geographic and subject areas. Teacher preparation programs are not graduating enough students in certain subjects, and more teachers are approaching retirement eligibility. SREB states are seeking alternative sources of teachers to help relieve shortages.…

Reports the needs and interests of several hundred recently retired teachers and school administrators. Solutions to subsistence retirement income are discussed. (MF)

The steps necessary to establish most voluntary early retirement incentive plans include establishing a variable-rate incentive, a minimum qualifying salary, a minimum qualifying age, and a method of payment. (Author/IRT)