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1 online resource (168 pages) |
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ENDING MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR TENURED FACULTY -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- THE ADEA EXEMPTION -- 1 Introduction: Faculty Retirement and Age Discrimination -- TENURE AND THE FACULTY EXEMPTION -- Tenure in Higher Education -- Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Its Amendments -- THE COMMITTEE'S STUDY: SCOPE AND ISSUES -- The Committee's Activities -- Issues and Report Structure -- Faculty Retirement Behavior and Turnover -- Tenure, Performance Evaluation, and Aging |
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Financial and Other Factors Affecting RetirementRetirement Incentive Programs -- Eliminating Mandatory Retirement -- 2 Effects of Uncapping on Faculty Retirement -- ESTIMATING THE PROPORTION OF FACULTY WHO WOULD WORK PAST AGE 70 -- Faculty Near Retirement Age -- Faculty Likely to Work Past Age 70 -- Retirement Patterns at Uncapped Colleges and Universities -- Effects of Raising the Age Cap from 65 to 70 -- Conclusions -- VARIATION IN FACULTY RETIREMENT PATTERNS -- ESTIMATING THE EFFECTS OF UNCAPPING AT THREE UNIVERSITIES -- Constant Faculty Size |
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Constant BudgetConstant Hiring -- Analysis of Projected Effects -- Conclusions -- 3 Faculty Performance and Institutional Quality -- EFFECTS OF AGE ON PERFORMANCE -- Overall Abilities and Age -- Measuring Faculty Performance -- Teaching and Age -- Research and Age -- Changing Interests and Age -- Conclusions -- EVALUATION OF FACULTY MEMBERS -- THE EXTREME CASES: FACULTY DISMISSAL -- 4 Pensions, Retirement Programs, and Costs -- PENSIONS -- Goals -- Types of Pension Plans -- Defined Contribution Plans -- Defined Benefit Plans |
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Hybrid and Target Benefit PlansIncentives to Postpone Retirement -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- The Need for Inflation Protection and Secure Income -- HEALTH BENEFITS -- CONTINUED FACULTY PERQUISITES FOR RETIREES -- RETIREMENT PLANNING -- 5 Retirement Incentive Programs -- TYPES OF FORMAL PROGRAMS -- COSTS AND BENEFITS OF FORMAL PROGRAMS -- INDIVIDUAL BUYOUTS -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 6 Conclusions and Recommendations -- EFFECTS OF ELIMINATING MANDATORY RETIREMENT -- Two Key Conclusions -- Consequences for Institutions and Faculty |
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RETIREMENT POLICIESRetirement Incentive Programs -- Pensions -- Health Benefits -- Faculty Perquisites for Retirees and Retirement Planning Assistance -- THE ADEA EXEMPTION -- Appendix A Description of Study Methods -- ACTIVITIES RELEVANT TO ALL AREAS OF THE STUDY -- FACULTY DEMOGRAPHICS AND RETIREMENT BEHAVIOR -- FACULTY AGING, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, AND TENURE -- FINANCIAL AND LEGAL ISSUES -- Appendix B Discussion of National Faculty Data Bases -- THE SURVEY OF DOCTORATE RECIPIENTS -- NATIONAL SURVEY OF POSTSECONDARY FACULTY |
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Subject |
College teachers -- Retirement -- United States
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Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Retirement -- United States
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Age discrimination -- United States
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Age discrimination
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College teachers -- Retirement
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Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Retirement
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United States
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780309583459 |
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0309583454 |
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