Ending Mandatory Retirement for Tenured Faculty

The proportion of older faculty is increasing nationwide. This book offers guidance not only for dealing with the elimination of mandatory retirement in higher education but also for current retirement-related issues facing all colleges and universities.Ending Mandatory Retirement addresses such questions as: Do the special circumstances of higher education warrant the continuation of mandatory retirement? How would an increase in the number of older faculty affect individual colleges and universities and their faculty members? Where there are undesirable effects, what could be done to minimize them?The book contains analyses of early retirement programs, faculty performance evaluation practices, pension and benefit policies, tenure policies, and faculty ages and retirement patterns.Table of ContentsFRONT MATTEREXECUTIVE SUMMARY1 INTRODUCTION: FACULTY RETIREMENT AND AGE DISCRIMINATION2 EFFECTS OF UNCAPPING ON FACULTY RETIREMENT3 FACULTY PERFORMANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY4 PENSIONS, RETIREMENT PROGRAMS, AND COSTS5 RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAMS6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONSAPPENDIX A: DESCRIPTION OF STUDY METHODSAPPENDIX B: DISCUSSION OF NATIONAL FACULTY DATA BASESAPPENDIX C: CHARACTERISTICS OF INSTITUTIONS AND FACULTYAPPENDIX D: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFFREFERENCES